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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 is the name of Merry's hometown?
(a) Rimrock.
(b) Boston.
(c) Providence.
(d) Newark.

2. What military force does Swede join as a teenager?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Army.

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

4. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A pharmacist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A writer.

5. What are both Swede and Merry described as being when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?
(a) Refreshed.
(b) Sun-drunk.
(c) Distracted.
(d) Bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days before Nathan's class reunion did Swede die?

2. Whom does the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school say his life was changed by?

3. What is the narrator's name in the book?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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