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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of cancer did Nathan suffer from?
(a) Liver.
(b) Prostate.
(c) Lung.
(d) Brain.

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

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

4. What does the narrator meet with Swede to write about near the end of Chapter 1?
(a) A story on his daughter Merry.
(b) A tribute to his father.
(c) An obituary.
(d) A profile on him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had Swede's daughter been in hiding according to Jerry in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. Whom does Swede fail to call after Rita threatens him?

5. What does Rita tell Swede that she needs to get of Merry's during their first meeting?

(see the answer key)

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