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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rita tell Swede that Merry is working in Chapter 5?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Newark.
(c) Boston.
(d) New Haven.

2. What does Marcia say that without transgression there is none of in Chapter 8?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Love.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Happiness.

3. Who was a great friend with Dawn's father before he passed away?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Bill.
(c) Lou.
(d) Swede.

4. What does Dawn blame along with Swede for her poor condition after Merry's disappearance?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Merry.
(c) Her parents.
(d) The Miss New Jersey Pageant.

5. What word is used to describe Bill in addition to his feeling slightly superior?
(a) Egotistical.
(b) Shameful.
(c) Rude.
(d) Vain.

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

7. Where does Swede recall knocking Bill flat when they were in high school?
(a) The gym.
(b) The hockey rink.
(c) The football field.
(d) The basketball court.

8. What did Lou often blame for Merry's bad behavior in addition to her mother?
(a) Her Catholic baptism.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Swede.
(d) Her Judaism.

9. What does the narrator say Swede's love for would disgust Merry?
(a) Judaism.
(b) America.
(c) Dawn.
(d) His work.

10. What does Merry have a veil made of when Swede finds her in Chapter 5?
(a) Lace.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Paper.
(d) Nylon stocking.

11. What does Marcia remark has changed since Lou's time in Chapter 8?
(a) Law.
(b) Society.
(c) Social conditions.
(d) The courts.

12. Who does Swede see having sex in the kitchen of his house at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Jim and Sylvia.
(b) Dawn and Barry.
(c) Bill and Marcia.
(d) Dawn and Bill.

13. What kind of condition had Dawn been suffering for five years after Merry's disappearance?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Psychosis
(d) Suicidal depression.

14. What does Swede's brother refer to him as because he cannot take the brutality of the world?
(a) Heartless.
(b) Gentle giant.
(c) A loser.
(d) A bear.

15. What does Merry admit to Swede that she is not compassionate enough to quit eating but will eventually in Chapter 6?
(a) Meat.
(b) Fish.
(c) Dairy.
(d) Plant life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the trip to that Dawn and Swede took that Dawn discusses at the dinner party in Chapter 9?

2. Who let Merry stay with them in New York after the bombing?

3. Who does Lou write letters to complaining about the president in Chapter 7?

4. Which of the following words was not used to describe Bill's wife?

5. What does Swede know that Dawn must put on after the stain of Merry's bomb?

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