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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rita first visit Swede in the book?
(a) A diner.
(b) A store.
(c) At his glove factory.
(d) His home.

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

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

4. What does the narrator say Swede's love for would disgust Merry?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Judaism.
(c) His work.
(d) America.

5. In what state did Merry set off her second bomb?
(a) California.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose meetings were described as the American Pastoral par excellence?

2. Whom does Swede feel are delighted with the outcome of corrupted children?

3. What does the narrator say Swede is untouched by after their first meeting to write a piece for Swede?

4. Where does Swede take a phone call from at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. What does Lou do to Swede for hanging onto the factory in Newark?

(see the answer key)

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