View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Merry is Swede more patient and accepting of than her mother is?
(a) Her shyness.
(b) Her lisping.
(c) Her depression.
(d) Her stuttering.

2. What proceedings are Swede's parents watching on TV in Chapter 7?
(a) The Kennedy inauguration.
(b) Watergate.
(c) The Johnson inauguration.
(d) The Bay of Pigs.

3. What is Swede's younger brother's name?
(a) Ira.
(b) Jim.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Bill.

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

5. Who does Swede see having sex in the kitchen of his house at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Dawn and Bill.
(b) Dawn and Barry.
(c) Bill and Marcia.
(d) Jim and Sylvia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Jerry tell Nathan that Swede fought to keep in Chapter 3?

4. Against what country did Swede join the marines for a final assault over in the book?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 195 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample