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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marcia compare Dawn's beauty pageant to in Chapter 8?
(a) Pornography.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Celebrity.
(d) Genius.

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

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

4. What does Swede remember his mother's face not showing so much of in Chapter 7?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Shame.
(d) Pain.

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

6. What is Merry able to explain Jainism to Swede without doing?
(a) Stuttering.
(b) Sneering.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Yelling.

7. What kind of business of Dawn's had Swede sold a year after Merry's disappearance?
(a) A deli.
(b) Jewelry store.
(c) Clothing store.
(d) Cattle ranch.

8. Whom does Swede feel are delighted with the outcome of corrupted children?
(a) Merry.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Radical groups.
(d) His parents.

9. What does Swede feel he is in that is "carved out of time from which he would never be extricated"?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A house.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A bed.

10. What word does Swede use to describe his father as a mix with antagonism?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Shame.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Pain.

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

12. How many times was Merry raped while moving around the country homeless?
(a) Three times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Once.

13. Whom is Lou ashamed of because this person keeps getting divorced?
(a) Swede.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Ira.

14. How long did Swede have an affair with Sheila Salzman?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) Four months.
(d) A year.

15. Who does Swede assume has already called the police about Merry in Chapter 9?
(a) Bucky.
(b) Mendy.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Ira.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Merry teach along with revolutionary ideas to Cuban refugees?

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

3. Who was a great friend with Dawn's father before he passed away?

4. What does Swede realize Merry is in after he admits she has destroyed herself?

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

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