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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What celebrity does Merry become obsessed with as a child?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Audrey Hepburn.
(c) Eva Gabor.
(d) Greta Garbo.

2. What is the name of Swede's father?
(a) Lou.
(b) Bill.
(c) Jim.
(d) Ira.

3. What does Merry become temporarily interested in as a child that is associated with her grandmother?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Baptism.

4. What does Rita say Swede has to do for her if he wants to see Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Travel with her.
(b) Buy her a house.
(c) Have sex with her.
(d) Give her money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Mendy is now obsessed with?

2. Which of the following words does the narrator not use to describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school at his class reunion?

4. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?

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

(see the answer key)

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