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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did Swede grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Jersey.

2. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
(a) Drive faster.
(b) Sexual freedom.
(c) Better education.
(d) Higher ideals.

3. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?
(a) Sexual freedom.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Their values.
(d) Their productivity.

4. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A pharmacist.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A writer.

5. What is Swede's last name in the book?
(a) Salzman.
(b) Umanoff.
(c) Orcutt.
(d) Levov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of monks does Merry watch on television as a child?

2. What does the narrator say had not changed about Jerry besides his silly gait?

3. How many vows of renunciation does Merry say she has taken in the book?

4. What does the person Swede calls after he has seen Merry in Chapter 6 tell him to do in regard to Merry?

5. What is the name of a Jewish man who praises Swede and pressures him to join a local Jewish organization?

(see the answer key)

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