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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Swede's features described in Chapter 1?
(a) Gentile.
(b) Brooding.
(c) Dark.
(d) Ugly.

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

3. What is the first war Merry become militant about?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) WWII.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) WWI.

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

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

6. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?
(a) How fond he is of the memories.
(b) The depth of detail.
(c) How long ago it was.
(d) How much he misses it.

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

8. Whom does Swede remember watching on TV and has an imaginary conversation with in Chapter 4?
(a) Joy Helpern.
(b) Dorothy Dwyer.
(c) Angela Davis.
(d) Rita Cohen.

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

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

11. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Monster daughter.
(b) Unsatisfiable father.
(c) Unsatisfiable wife.
(d) Mean son.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the black worker at Swede's factory that stays with him during the riots?

3. What kind of diary does Rita later make Swede give to her for Merry in Chapter 4?

4. What are both Swede and Merry described as being when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?

5. What celebrity does Merry become obsessed with as a child?

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