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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 would Dawn go to swim to get away from others?
(a) Stone Harbor.
(b) Ocean City.
(c) Cape May.
(d) Avon.

2. What did Dr. Salzman counsel the Levovs about?
(a) Their home.
(b) Dawn's facelift.
(c) Merry's disappearance.
(d) Their marriage.

3. What has Dawn made after going through the emotional devastation of losing Merry according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) No progress.
(b) No effort.
(c) Little steps.
(d) Great strides.

4. What did Merry teach along with revolutionary ideas to Cuban refugees?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) History.
(d) Science.

5. Who does the narrator say is the one who helped Merry become herself?
(a) Joy.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Sheila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marcia remark has changed since Lou's time in Chapter 8?

2. What does Swede's brother refer to him as because he cannot take the brutality of the world?

3. What is the name of Barry's militant non-conformist wife?

4. To whom does Lou send copies of letters that he wrote to President Johnson?

5. What does Marcia compare Dawn's beauty pageant to in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lou say he is ashamed of Jerry for in Chapter 7?

2. How are Lou's feelings towards the Nixon administration described in the book?

3. Why did Dawn choose to raise cattle according to the narrator?

4. What does Swede ponder about when thinking of Rita stealing his money?

5. What realization does Swede come to about Sheila in Chapter 9?

6. What does Merry tell Swede she did while in Miami in Chapter 6?

7. How does Dawn describe her home with Swede to her architect?

8. What is the nature of Lou's discussion regarding the downfall of Newark in Chapter 8?

9. What does Jessie do to Lou at the end of the book?

10. What does Marcia remark about regarding social conditions in Chapter 8?

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