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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?
(a) Touch her breasts.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Hugg her.

2. How many years had Swede's daughter been in hiding according to Jerry in Chapter 3?
(a) Five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

3. What sport did the narrator play with Swede's younger brother?
(a) Football.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Ping pong.

4. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?
(a) How much he misses it.
(b) How fond he is of the memories.
(c) The depth of detail.
(d) How long ago it was.

5. What does the narrator say Swede is untouched by after their first meeting to write a piece for Swede?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anything negative.
(c) Other people.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rita's last name in the book?

2. Where does Rita first visit Swede in the book?

3. What does Jerry say Swede lacked and is what killed him when talking with Nathan at the class reunion?

4. What kind of monks does Merry watch on television as a child?

5. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Nathan's reminiscence about "The Kid from Tomkinsville"?

2. How does the narrator describe the lack of a generation gap in his neighborhood?

3. How does the narrator describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?

4. What does one doctor say about Merry's stuttering in regard to her perfectionist family?

5. How is Rita's first visit to the glove factory described?

6. Describe Rita and Swede's conversation after she reveals she is Merry's friend in Chapter 4?

7. What does Rita tell Swede that Merry says about him and her mother?

8. What does Merry begin doing in New York as a teenager?

9. How does the narrator say Swede's grandfather became a glove manufacturer?

10. How is Merry's bombing in her hometown at the end of Chapter 3 described?

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