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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Nathan's friend Alan a superior court judge?
(a) Florida.
(b) Michigan.
(c) California.
(d) Tennessee.

2. What trait is given to Dawn when she is first described in Chapter 4?
(a) Rude.
(b) Mean.
(c) Vain.
(d) Hateful.

3. What does Rita say should happen to Swede for what he pays the workers in other countries to work in his factories?
(a) He should be rewarded.
(b) He should be shot.
(c) He should be jailed.
(d) He should be hanged.

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

5. What does Merry stop doing as a teen in regards to hygiene?
(a) Taking a bath.
(b) Changing her clothes.
(c) Washing her hair.
(d) Brushing her teeth.

6. Which of the following words does the narrator not use to describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Vibrant.
(c) Forward looking.
(d) Optimistic.

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

8. Where does Swede take his first wife to receive a facelift?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

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

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

11. Whom does the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school say his life was changed by?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Nathan's father.
(c) Swede.
(d) Bill.

12. What is Mendy's last name in the book?
(a) Gurlik.
(b) Dwyer.
(c) Levov.
(d) Orcutt.

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

14. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Hugg her.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Touch her breasts.

15. What does Swede's daughter do to the local post office and general store as a radical stunt?
(a) Bulldozes it.
(b) Bombs it.
(c) Sets it on fire.
(d) Robs it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Rita first visit Swede in the book?

3. What does the narrator say Mendy is now obsessed with?

4. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?

5. Where does Merry meet political people and take on a secret life as a teenager?

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