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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Swede decide that Sheila is rather than omniscient?
(a) Cold.
(b) Mean.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Kind.

2. What does Swede believe he would do to Rita if necessary to get Merry back in Chapter 9?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Hurt her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Help her.

3. What does Swede confront Sheila about in Chapter 9?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Her mistreatment of him.
(c) Her hiding Merry.
(d) Their affair.

4. How much money does Rita keep from Merry that was from Swede?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $15,000.

5. Where would Dawn go to swim to get away from others?
(a) Stone Harbor.
(b) Cape May.
(c) Ocean City.
(d) Avon.

6. Whose meetings were described as the American Pastoral par excellence?
(a) Marcia and Dawn.
(b) Bill and Swede.
(c) Dawn and Swede.
(d) Lou and Dawn's father.

7. Who influenced Merry's thinking about woman revolutionaries and their need to sacrifice?
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Frantz Fanon.
(c) Angela Davis.
(d) Mother Theresa.

8. Why did Swede knock Bill down in high school?
(a) For being mean.
(b) For insulting him.
(c) For making Dawn feel looked down upon.
(d) For being a bully.

9. What does Swede decide about the person that calls him that causes him to hang up on that person in Chapter 9?
(a) That he's tired of it.
(b) That he's done trying.
(c) That she doesn't exist.
(d) That she has no power.

10. What does Lou do to Swede for hanging onto the factory in Newark?
(a) Criticizes him.
(b) Helps him.
(c) Shames him.
(d) Encourages him.

11. What almost happens to Lou after Jerry finds out that he sent his ex-wife money?
(a) Goes into seclusion.
(b) A stroke.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Becomes depressed.

12. Why are the Orcutts and other couples over at Swede's home in Chapter 7?
(a) A funeral.
(b) For dinner.
(c) A Christmas party.
(d) Thanksgiving.

13. What did the narrator keep on his bedroom wall to keep track of the war?
(a) A poster.
(b) A flag.
(c) A map.
(d) A wartime list.

14. What did Dawn not have when dealing with peoples' reactions to her beauty?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Patience.
(c) Calmness.
(d) A sense of humor.

15. Who does the narrator say is the one who helped Merry become herself?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sheila.
(d) Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business of Dawn's had Swede sold a year after Merry's disappearance?

2. What city does Dawn go to for her facelift?

3. What is the name of Barry's militant non-conformist wife?

4. What does the narrator say Swede's love for would disgust Merry?

5. What did Dr. Salzman counsel the Levovs about?

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