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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) Prostate.
(b) Lung.
(c) Brain.
(d) Liver.

2. What year did Nathan graduate from high school?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1935.

3. Besides being self-absorbed, what other word is used to describe Swede's daughter in Chapter 3?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Mean.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Fat.

4. What is the name of Swede's father?
(a) Ira.
(b) Lou.
(c) Bill.
(d) Jim.

5. What is Swede's daughter's name?
(a) Merry.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Angela.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sport did the narrator play with Swede's younger brother?

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

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

5. What is the name of the black worker at Swede's factory that stays with him during the riots?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Jerry described at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

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

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

9. How does Rita taunt Swede sexually in Chapter 4?

10. What does Jerry tell Nathan that his brother Swede had in spite of being a big success in Chapter 3?

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