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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 Swede is untouched by after their first meeting to write a piece for Swede?
(a) Other people.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anything negative.
(d) Sadness.

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

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

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

5. What is Mendy's last name in the book?
(a) Dwyer.
(b) Orcutt.
(c) Gurlik.
(d) Levov.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Swede's features described in Chapter 1?

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

3. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?

4. What religion does Swede practice?

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

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