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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. What does Jerry tell Nathan that Swede fought to keep in Chapter 3?
(a) His group together.
(b) His money.
(c) His sanity.
(d) His family.

2. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Unsatisfiable wife.
(b) Unsatisfiable father.
(c) Monster daughter.
(d) Mean son.

3. Whom does Merry ask Swede to kiss her like when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A pet.
(c) A girlfriend.
(d) A daughter.

4. What does the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?
(a) Killed her.
(b) Harmed her.
(c) Ruined her.
(d) Saddened her.

5. What does one of Merry's doctors suggest it is easier for her to do than to face the high pressure of perfection?
(a) Stutter.
(b) Lisp.
(c) Hide.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Swede's grandfather manufacture?

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

3. What military force does Swede join as a teenager?

4. What age is Merry when she and Swede are at a seaside cottage in the book?

5. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?

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