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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) A profile on him.
(d) An obituary.

3. How many years had Swede's daughter been in hiding according to Jerry in Chapter 3?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

4. Who is the man that pays alimony for two marriages at Nathan's class reunion?
(a) Marvin Lieb.
(b) Ira Posner.
(c) Bill Orcutt.
(d) Shelly Salzman.

5. What is Swede's daughter's name?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Angela.
(c) Joy.
(d) Merry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides being self-absorbed, what other word is used to describe Swede's daughter in Chapter 3?

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

4. What does one of Merry's doctors suggest it is easier for her to do than to face the high pressure of perfection?

5. What sport did the narrator play with Swede's younger brother?

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