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

2. What about Merry is Swede more patient and accepting of than her mother is?
(a) Her depression.
(b) Her lisping.
(c) Her shyness.
(d) Her stuttering.

3. Where does Merry meet political people and take on a secret life as a teenager?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. What is Swede's younger brother's name?
(a) Bill.
(b) Ira.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Jim.

5. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Unsatisfiable wife.
(b) Unsatisfiable father.
(c) Monster daughter.
(d) Mean son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Merry stop doing as a teen in regards to hygiene?

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

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

5. What age is Merry when she and Swede are at a seaside cottage in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the nature of the description of Newark Maid Leatherware?

4. How are the adolescents in Nathan's neighborhood described in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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