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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Nathan's friend Alan a superior court judge?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Florida.
(c) California.
(d) Michigan.

2. Where did Swede's father open a second location of his store after the depression?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) Puerto Rico.

3. Whom does Swede remember watching on TV and has an imaginary conversation with in Chapter 4?
(a) Joy Helpern.
(b) Angela Davis.
(c) Dorothy Dwyer.
(d) Rita Cohen.

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

5. What does Jerry say Swede lacked and is what killed him when talking with Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Rage.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Street smarts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Rita first visit Swede in the book?

3. What does Rita say Swede has to do for her if he wants to see Merry in Chapter 4?

4. What does Swede's daughter have to see a therapist for as a child?

5. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?

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