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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's name in the book?
(a) Nathan Zuckerman.
(b) Bill Orcutt.
(c) Jerry Levov.
(d) Swede Levov.

2. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?
(a) How long ago it was.
(b) How fond he is of the memories.
(c) How much he misses it.
(d) The depth of detail.

3. What does Swede's athletic performance help his community forget about?
(a) Their debt.
(b) The war.
(c) Death.
(d) The plague.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Swede's father open a second location of his store after the depression?

2. Who is the man that pays alimony for two marriages at Nathan's class reunion?

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

4. What year did Nathan graduate from high school?

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

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