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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Swede feel are delighted with the outcome of corrupted children?
(a) His parents.
(b) Merry.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Radical groups.

2. Since what occurrence does the narrator say Dawn hasn't been motivated to do anything in regard to Merry?
(a) Her parents' death.
(b) Her pageant days.
(c) Merry's disappearance.
(d) The bombing.

3. What does Jerry say Swede lacked and is what killed him when talking with Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Rage.
(c) Street smarts.
(d) Common sense.

4. What military force does Swede join as a teenager?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Marines.

5. What does Swede's daughter have to see a therapist for as a child?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Lisping.
(c) Depression.
(d) Stuttering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede wonder is connected with his preoccupations regarding Merry at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What word does Swede use to describe his father as a mix with antagonism?

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

4. How many times was Merry raped while moving around the country homeless?

5. What does Swede feel he is in that is "carved out of time from which he would never be extricated"?

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