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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merry become temporarily interested in as a child that is associated with her grandmother?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Catholicism.

2. What is the name of Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at his reunion?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Vicky.
(d) Dawn.

3. How is Rita's hair described in the book?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Straight.
(c) Bushy.
(d) Stringy.

4. What kind of diary does Rita later make Swede give to her for Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothes.
(c) A stuttering diary.
(d) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.

5. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Sixty-two.
(d) Fifty-five.

6. Where does Merry meet political people and take on a secret life as a teenager?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Jersey.

7. What age is Merry when she and Swede are at a seaside cottage in the book?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Fifteen.

8. What does Rita tell Swede that she needs to get of Merry's during their first meeting?
(a) Some clothes.
(b) Her stuttering diary.
(c) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.
(d) Money.

9. What does the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?
(a) Ruined her.
(b) Killed her.
(c) Saddened her.
(d) Harmed her.

10. Who is the man that pays alimony for two marriages at Nathan's class reunion?
(a) Shelly Salzman.
(b) Marvin Lieb.
(c) Bill Orcutt.
(d) Ira Posner.

11. 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 jailed.
(c) He should be shot.
(d) He should be hanged.

12. What celebrity does Merry become obsessed with as a child?
(a) Eva Gabor.
(b) Greta Garbo.
(c) Audrey Hepburn.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

13. What does the narrator say had not changed about Jerry besides his silly gait?
(a) His goofy smile.
(b) His odd legs.
(c) His long arms.
(d) His silly hair.

14. How many days before Nathan's class reunion did Swede die?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

15. What does the narrator believe the tribute to Swede's father was a cover to hide?
(a) The pain associated with his daughter.
(b) His depression.
(c) His missing his wife.
(d) His cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say Dawn feels toward Merry?

2. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?

3. What does Merry stop doing as a teen in regards to hygiene?

4. Whom does Merry ask Swede to kiss her like when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?

5. What year did Nathan graduate from high school?

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