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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years does Swede become preoccupied with "a gruesome inner life" concerning Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

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

4. What does the narrator say Swede is untouched by after their first meeting to write a piece for Swede?
(a) Other people.
(b) Anything negative.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

5. What does the person Swede calls after he has seen Merry in Chapter 6 tell him to do in regard to Merry?
(a) Go back and get her.
(b) Forget her.
(c) Send her to a psychiatrist.
(d) Turn her over to the FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at his reunion?

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

3. Where is Nathan's friend Alan a superior court judge?

4. Whom does Swede remember watching on TV and has an imaginary conversation with in Chapter 4?

5. The narrator notes what about his neighborhood as a youth?

(see the answer key)

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