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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the architect building Dawn and Swede's new home?
(a) Ira Posner.
(b) Shelly Salzman.
(c) Bill Orcutt.
(d) Mendy Gurlik.

3. What does Swede realize Merry is in after he admits she has destroyed herself?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Denial.
(c) A world of hate.
(d) Deep depression.

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

5. 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 bear.
(d) A loser.

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

7. 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 she doesn't exist.
(c) That she has no power.
(d) That he's done trying.

8. What did Merry teach along with revolutionary ideas to Cuban refugees?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Math.
(d) English.

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

10. What story does Swede feel he relates to when he moves to the
(a) Paul Bunyan.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) Johnny Appleseed.
(d) Daniel Boone.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede describe Dawn and Bill as at the end of Chapter 8?

2. What does Marcia remark has changed since Lou's time in Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of a Jewish man who praises Swede and pressures him to join a local Jewish organization?

4. What does the narrator say Dawn did as a way to distance herself from the stigma of being a beauty queen?

5. What did Dawn not have when dealing with peoples' reactions to her beauty?

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