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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 meet with Swede to write about near the end of Chapter 1?
(a) A story on his daughter Merry.
(b) An obituary.
(c) A tribute to his father.
(d) A profile on him.

2. Where is Nathan's friend Alan a superior court judge?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Michigan.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

3. What year did Nathan graduate from high school?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1935.

4. What is the name of the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school at his class reunion?
(a) Bucky.
(b) Barry.
(c) Bill.
(d) Ira.

5. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?
(a) Passaic.
(b) Winnipeg.
(c) Bayonne.
(d) Weequahic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say Mendy now live as a restaurant owner?

2. In what state did Swede grow up?

3. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?

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

5. What is the narrator's name in the book?

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