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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 is Nathan's friend Alan a superior court judge?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Florida.
(c) California.
(d) Tennessee.

2. What kind of diary does Rita later make Swede give to her for Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Money.
(b) A stuttering diary.
(c) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.
(d) Clothes.

3. What is Swede's entire community in love with in regard to him?
(a) His athleticism.
(b) What he stands for.
(c) His confidence.
(d) His manners.

4. Whom does Swede remember watching on TV and has an imaginary conversation with in Chapter 4?
(a) Dorothy Dwyer.
(b) Joy Helpern.
(c) Rita Cohen.
(d) Angela Davis.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does an article about Merry say about her that Swede hates?

4. What does the narrator say Jerry is accustomed to being in Chapter 3?

5. What does Swede's daughter have to see a therapist for as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Rita tell Swede that Merry says about him and her mother?

5. Swede reads about bombs over five years after Rita's visit that remind him of Merry. How are they described?

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

7. How are Merry's physical attributes described as she grows up?

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

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

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

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