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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Pages 89 - 113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did Swede grow up?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

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

3. Where does Swede take his first wife to receive a facelift?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

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

5. What does Swede's daughter have to see a therapist for as a child?
(a) Depression.
(b) Stuttering.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Lisping.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's profession?

3. What does one of Merry's doctors suggest it is easier for her to do than to face the high pressure of perfection?

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

5. What is the name of Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at his reunion?

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