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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far had Merry had been working from Swede's glove factory when Rita contacts him in Chapter 5?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) One hour.
(d) Five minutes.

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

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

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

5. What does the person Swede calls after he has seen Merry in Chapter 6 tell him to do in regard to Merry?
(a) Forget her.
(b) Go back and get her.
(c) Send her to a psychiatrist.
(d) Turn her over to the FBI.

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Swede realize Dawn and Bill will live at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) In Boston.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) In his new house.

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

12. What is Barry's last name in the book?
(a) Posner.
(b) Dwyer.
(c) Zuckerman.
(d) Umanoff.

13. Where was the trip to that Dawn and Swede took that Dawn discusses at the dinner party in Chapter 9?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

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

15. What is the name of Merry's speech therapist she stayed with after the bombing?
(a) Meredith Levov.
(b) Marcia Umanoff.
(c) Joy Helpern.
(d) Sheila Salzman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Merry able to explain Jainism to Swede without doing?

2. Against what country did Swede join the marines for a final assault over in the book?

3. Who does Swede see pretending to listen closely in Chapter 9?

4. Where does Swede take a phone call from at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. What does Merry admit to Swede that she is not compassionate enough to quit eating but will eventually in Chapter 6?

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