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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 kind of cancer did Nathan suffer from?
(a) Lung.
(b) Liver.
(c) Prostate.
(d) Brain.

2. What does Rita tell Swede that she needs to get of Merry's during their first meeting?
(a) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.
(b) Some clothes.
(c) Money.
(d) Her stuttering diary.

3. What is the name of the store Swede's father opened after the depression?
(a) Newark Maid Leatherware.
(b) Levov Leatherware.
(c) Newark Clothing Inc.
(d) The Car Store.

4. Whom does Merry ask Swede to kiss her like when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A pet.
(c) A daughter.
(d) Her mother.

5. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?
(a) Any surprises.
(b) Closure.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Swede practice?

2. How is Rita's hair described in the book?

3. What celebrity does Merry become obsessed with as a child?

4. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?

5. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Swede describe glove making to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

3. What happens when Merry asks Swede if he would kiss her as he did her mother when she was a young child?

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

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

6. What does Nathan say his working from home saves him from when talking with Jerry at the class reunion?

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

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

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

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

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