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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Swede know that Dawn must put on after the stain of Merry's bomb?
(a) A dress.
(b) A new crown.
(c) A persona.
(d) A face.

2. What does the narrator say that Bill always challenged in Dawn?
(a) Her vanity.
(b) Her mood.
(c) Her confidence.
(d) Her beauty.

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

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

5. Whose widow came to see Swede and was kind and forgiving in Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. Posner's.
(b) Dr. Dwyer's.
(c) Dr. LaPlante's.
(d) Dr. Conlon's.

6. What is Lou concerned about along with children in Chapter 8?
(a) Divorce.
(b) His job.
(c) Money.
(d) His weight.

7. In what state did Merry set off her second bomb?
(a) Colorado.
(b) California.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Oregon.

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

9. Whom does Swede decide to call at the end of Chapter 6 to talk about Merry?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Ira.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Lou.

10. What food does Swede accidentally refer to as Merry's rather than Dawn's in Chapter 7?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Onions.

11. What does the narrator say Dawn did as a way to distance herself from the stigma of being a beauty queen?
(a) Didn't work.
(b) Raise cattle.
(c) Stayed at home.
(d) Dressed down.

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

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

14. Who does Lou write letters to complaining about the president in Chapter 7?
(a) The governors.
(b) The cabinet members.
(c) The committee members.
(d) The mayors.

15. What is the family's name that first hid Merry after the bombing?
(a) Zuckerman.
(b) Salzmans.
(c) Robinson.
(d) Umanoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who laughs at the end of Chapter 9 after Jessie stabs Lou with a fork?

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

3. Where would Dawn go to swim to get away from others?

4. What does Swede decide that Sheila is rather than omniscient?

5. Who calls Swede at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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