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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. Which of the following things does the narrator not say Swede's athletic talent obligated him to be?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Deferential.
(c) Modest.
(d) Confident.

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

3. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
(a) Better education.
(b) Sexual freedom.
(c) Drive faster.
(d) Higher ideals.

4. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Their productivity.
(c) Their values.
(d) Sexual freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of world does the narrator note that Swede has naturally incorporated himself into?

2. What is Mendy's last name in the book?

3. What does Merry stop doing as a teen in regards to hygiene?

4. What is the first war Merry become militant about?

5. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?

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