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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Swede is untouched by after their first meeting to write a piece for Swede?
(a) Other people.
(b) Anything negative.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

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

3. What does Swede wonder is connected with his preoccupations regarding Merry at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) His job.
(b) The kiss he gave Merry.
(c) Dawn.
(d) His background.

4. What is Rita's last name in the book?
(a) Cohen.
(b) Salzman.
(c) Davis.
(d) Dwyer.

5. What year did Nathan graduate from high school?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1950.

6. What kind of dance class does Merry take as a young girl?
(a) Ballroom.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Tap.
(d) Jazz.

7. What does one of Merry's doctors suggest it is easier for her to do than to face the high pressure of perfection?
(a) Hide.
(b) Lisp.
(c) Stutter.
(d) Cry.

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

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

10. What religion does Swede practice?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Presbyterianism.

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

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

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

14. Whom does Merry ask Swede to kiss her like when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?
(a) A daughter.
(b) A pet.
(c) A girlfriend.
(d) Her mother.

15. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?
(a) Faith.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Any surprises.
(d) Closure.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes what about his neighborhood as a youth?

2. What is Mendy's last name in the book?

3. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?

4. What does Jerry tell Nathan that Swede fought to keep in Chapter 3?

5. How many days before Nathan's class reunion did Swede die?

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