2. What motto does Merry have written on her wall as a young woman?
(a) Live free or die.
(b) We will fight America to the last.
(c) We are the incubation of your mother's nightmares.
(d) Agile, Mobile, Hostile.

3. Who calls Swede at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Joy.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Rita.

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

5. What does Swede decide that Sheila is rather than omniscient?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Kind.
(c) Cold.
(d) Mean.

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

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

8. What did Lou often blame for Merry's bad behavior in addition to her mother?
(a) Swede.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Her Catholic baptism.
(d) Her Judaism.

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

10. What kind of condition had Dawn been suffering for five years after Merry's disappearance?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Psychosis
(c) Suicidal depression.
(d) Alcoholism.

11. Who let Merry stay with them in New York after the bombing?
(a) The Umanoffs.
(b) The Salzmans.
(c) The Gurliks.
(d) The Dwyers.

12. Who was a great friend with Dawn's father before he passed away?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Bill.
(c) Lou.
(d) Swede.

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

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

15. Who is the name of the person at the gas station that the narrator remembers the day the war ended?
(a) Bill.
(b) Mac.
(c) Bucky.
(d) Ira.