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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator keep on his bedroom wall to keep track of the war?
(a) A flag.
(b) A wartime list.
(c) A poster.
(d) A map.

2. How many vows of renunciation does Merry say she has taken in the book?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What part of Rimrock does Swede live in?
(a) Old Rimrock.
(b) West Rimrock.
(c) New Rimrock.
(d) East Rimrock.

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

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

14. Why did Swede knock Bill down in high school?
(a) For being mean.
(b) For being a bully.
(c) For making Dawn feel looked down upon.
(d) For insulting him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Swede decide about the person that calls him that causes him to hang up on that person in Chapter 9?

3. What is the name of Barry's militant non-conformist wife?

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

5. What does Marcia compare Dawn's beauty pageant to in Chapter 8?

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