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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Swede's athletic performance help his community forget about?
(a) Death.
(b) The war.
(c) Their debt.
(d) The plague.

3. Where would Dawn go to swim to get away from others?
(a) Ocean City.
(b) Stone Harbor.
(c) Avon.
(d) Cape May.

4. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?
(a) Passaic.
(b) Winnipeg.
(c) Weequahic.
(d) Bayonne.

5. What is the name of the family that Merry says she stays with when visiting New York in Chapter 3?
(a) Levov.
(b) Orcutt.
(c) Helpern.
(d) Umanoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rita tell Swede that Merry is working in Chapter 5?

2. What trait is given to Dawn when she is first described in Chapter 4?

3. What kind of condition had Dawn been suffering for five years after Merry's disappearance?

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

5. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?

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