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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 the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?
(a) Harmed her.
(b) Saddened her.
(c) Killed her.
(d) Ruined her.

2. What does the narrator say Jerry is accustomed to being in Chapter 3?
(a) Demanding attention.
(b) Being ignored.
(c) Having his way.
(d) Being listened to.

3. What is Rita's last name in the book?
(a) Salzman.
(b) Dwyer.
(c) Cohen.
(d) Davis.

4. What does Swede's daughter have to see a therapist for as a child?
(a) Stuttering.
(b) Lisping.
(c) Depression.
(d) Anxiety.

5. How many years had Swede's daughter been in hiding according to Jerry in Chapter 3?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the recipient of a 14-year-old girl's kidney at Nathan's class reunion?

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

3. Whom does Merry ask Swede to kiss her like when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?

4. What nickname does Swede call the narrator as a young boy?

5. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Nathan fascinated with in regard to his childhood culture?

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

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