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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school at his class reunion?
(a) Bill.
(b) Barry.
(c) Ira.
(d) Bucky.

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

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

6. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
(a) Sexual freedom.
(b) Better education.
(c) Drive faster.
(d) Higher ideals.

7. 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) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?
(a) Passaic.
(b) Winnipeg.
(c) Bayonne.
(d) Weequahic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Rita's hair described in the book?

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

3. Besides being self-absorbed, what other word is used to describe Swede's daughter in Chapter 3?

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

5. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?

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