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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 Rita say should happen to Swede for what he pays the workers in other countries to work in his factories?
(a) He should be jailed.
(b) He should be hanged.
(c) He should be shot.
(d) He should be rewarded.

2. Where does Swede take his first wife to receive a facelift?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

3. Whom does Swede remember watching on TV and has an imaginary conversation with in Chapter 4?
(a) Dorothy Dwyer.
(b) Joy Helpern.
(c) Angela Davis.
(d) Rita Cohen.

4. What military force does Swede join as a teenager?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Army.

5. The narrator notes what about his neighborhood as a youth?
(a) The close familiarity of the families.
(b) They all lived in a fine manner.
(c) That everyone minded his own business.
(d) That the parents allowed the children to do as they wished.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe the tribute to Swede's father was a cover to hide?

2. What kind of world does the narrator note that Swede has naturally incorporated himself into?

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

4. Where does Merry meet political people and take on a secret life as a teenager?

5. What is the name of Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at his reunion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nathan's interaction with his old girlfriend Joy at his class reunion.

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

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

4. How does the narrator describe Swede's tribute to his father?

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

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

7. What does Swede remember about when Merry watched monks on TV?

8. How does the narrator describe Swede and Merry at a seaside cottage and their return from it?

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

10. What reason does Nathan give Jerry for coming to the reunion?

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