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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Mendy is now obsessed with?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Food.
(c) Sex.
(d) Money.

2. What military force does Swede join as a teenager?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Air Force.

3. What kind of cancer did Nathan suffer from?
(a) Brain.
(b) Liver.
(c) Lung.
(d) Prostate.

4. What is Swede's entire community in love with in regard to him?
(a) What he stands for.
(b) His athleticism.
(c) His confidence.
(d) His manners.

5. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Sixty-two.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) Seventy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Swede's father?

2. What does the narrator say that the Jews that were familiar with hardship did not want to waste?

3. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?

4. What is Swede's last name in the book?

5. The narrator notes what about his neighborhood as a youth?

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