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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Merry able to explain Jainism to Swede without doing?
(a) Stuttering.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Sneering.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

2. What kind of dance class does Merry take as a young girl?
(a) Tap.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Ballroom.
(d) Jazz.

3. What is Swede's younger brother's name?
(a) Jim.
(b) Ira.
(c) Bill.
(d) Jerry.

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

5. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
(a) Higher ideals.
(b) Better education.
(c) Sexual freedom.
(d) Drive faster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words does the narrator not use to describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of Merry's speech therapist she stayed with after the bombing?

3. Whom does Swede decide to call at the end of Chapter 6 to talk about Merry?

4. What does Swede realize Merry is in after he admits she has destroyed herself?

5. What is Barry's last name in the book?

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