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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Pages 60 - 89.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Swede's daughter's name?
(a) Joy.
(b) Merry.
(c) Angela.
(d) Dorothy.

2. 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) Sadness.
(d) Anything negative.

3. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Any surprises.
(c) Faith.
(d) Closure.

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

5. What nickname does Swede call the narrator as a young boy?
(a) Shelly.
(b) Bucky.
(c) Shira.
(d) Skip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?

2. Nathan's friend Alan is the son of what?

3. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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