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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the store Swede's father opened after the depression?
(a) The Car Store.
(b) Levov Leatherware.
(c) Newark Maid Leatherware.
(d) Newark Clothing Inc.

2. Where is the bombing done by the Weathermen with which Swede believes Merry to be involved?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Newark.
(c) Portland.
(d) Soho.

3. What does an article about Merry say about her that Swede hates?
(a) She is hateful.
(b) She is from a bad family.
(c) That she has a stubborn streak.
(d) She is insane.

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

5. What does the narrator say that the Jews that were familiar with hardship did not want to waste?
(a) Food.
(b) Opportunities.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Money.

6. What does Swede explain everything about to Rita when they first meet?
(a) Children.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Merry.
(d) Glove making.

7. What does the narrator say Jerry is accustomed to being in Chapter 3?
(a) Being listened to.
(b) Having his way.
(c) Being ignored.
(d) Demanding attention.

8. What kind of world does the narrator note that Swede has naturally incorporated himself into?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Poor.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Wasp.

9. What is the name of Merry's hometown?
(a) Rimrock.
(b) Providence.
(c) Boston.
(d) Newark.

10. What does the narrator say Mendy is now obsessed with?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Food.
(c) Sex.
(d) Money.

11. Whom does Swede fail to call after Rita threatens him?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The local police.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The IRS.

12. Nathan's friend Alan is the son of what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A driver.
(d) A dry cleaner.

13. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?
(a) In control.
(b) Damaged.
(c) Happy.
(d) Out of control.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator meet with Swede to write about near the end of Chapter 1?

2. Who is the man that pays alimony for two marriages at Nathan's class reunion?

3. What age is Merry when she and Swede are at a seaside cottage in the book?

4. How many years had Swede's daughter been in hiding according to Jerry in Chapter 3?

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

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