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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 the narrator say Jerry is accustomed to being in Chapter 3?
(a) Having his way.
(b) Demanding attention.
(c) Being listened to.
(d) Being ignored.

2. What does Rita tell Swede that she needs to get of Merry's during their first meeting?
(a) Her stuttering diary.
(b) Money.
(c) Some clothes.
(d) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.

3. What is Swede's entire community in love with in regard to him?
(a) What he stands for.
(b) His manners.
(c) His confidence.
(d) His athleticism.

4. Where does Swede take his first wife to receive a facelift?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

5. How does the narrator say Dawn feels toward Merry?
(a) She loves her.
(b) She hates her.
(c) She pities her.
(d) She misses her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede's daughter do to the local post office and general store as a radical stunt?

2. Where is the bombing done by the Weathermen with which Swede believes Merry to be involved?

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

4. What is the name of the black worker at Swede's factory that stays with him during the riots?

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

(see the answer key)

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