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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 Merry become temporarily interested in as a child that is associated with her grandmother?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Catholicism.

2. Where does the narrator say Mendy now live as a restaurant owner?
(a) Florida.
(b) Georgia.
(c) New York.
(d) Texas.

3. What kind of world does the narrator note that Swede has naturally incorporated himself into?
(a) Poor.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Wasp.

4. Whom does the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school say his life was changed by?
(a) Nathan's father.
(b) Swede.
(c) Bill.
(d) Nathan.

5. What does the narrator believe the tribute to Swede's father was a cover to hide?
(a) His cancer.
(b) His depression.
(c) His missing his wife.
(d) The pain associated with his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?

2. Where is the bombing done by the Weathermen with which Swede believes Merry to be involved?

3. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?

4. Where did Swede's father open a second location of his store after the depression?

5. How many years had Swede's daughter been in hiding according to Jerry in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. What does Nathan decide he will do to complete his story on Swede in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

10. What does Nathan reminisce about regarding his high school memories while preparing a speech for his reunion?

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