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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Swede remember watching on TV and has an imaginary conversation with in Chapter 4?
(a) Joy Helpern.
(b) Dorothy Dwyer.
(c) Rita Cohen.
(d) Angela Davis.

2. Who does the narrator say is the one who helped Merry become herself?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Joy.
(d) Sheila.

3. What kind of diary does Rita later make Swede give to her for Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Money.
(b) A stuttering diary.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.

4. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Hugg her.
(d) Touch her breasts.

5. What does Merry become temporarily interested in as a child that is associated with her grandmother?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Baptism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Merry is Swede more patient and accepting of than her mother is?

2. What does Swede remember his mother's face not showing so much of in Chapter 7?

3. What celebrity does Merry become obsessed with as a child?

4. What city does Dawn go to for her facelift?

5. What did the narrator keep on his bedroom wall to keep track of the war?

(see the answer key)

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