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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 Swede's brother refer to him as because he cannot take the brutality of the world?
(a) Gentle giant.
(b) Heartless.
(c) A bear.
(d) A loser.

2. Whom does Swede feel are delighted with the outcome of corrupted children?
(a) Merry.
(b) His parents.
(c) Radical groups.
(d) Dawn.

3. What does Swede learn that Merry has become in Chapter 6?
(a) A Jain.
(b) A Buddhist.
(c) A Baptist.
(d) A Hindu.

4. How does Bill take Swede's comment that Bill would be happy living in his house in Chapter 9?
(a) As hatefulness.
(b) As a joke.
(c) As a mistake.
(d) As a slip of the tongue.

5. Why are the Orcutts and other couples over at Swede's home in Chapter 7?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) A funeral.
(c) For dinner.
(d) A Christmas party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the trip to that Dawn and Swede took that Dawn discusses at the dinner party in Chapter 9?

2. What is the name of Dawn's doctor who gave her the facelift?

3. Who was a great friend with Dawn's father before he passed away?

4. What does the person Swede calls after he has seen Merry in Chapter 6 tell him to do in regard to Merry?

5. What does Swede realize that Merry has been since she was fifteen after he sees her in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Merry live as a Jain?

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

3. How is Swede's time as a marine described in Chapter 5?

4. How is Swede's mother affected by Merry's disappearance in Chapter 7?

5. How does Swede compare his life to Johnny Appleseed?

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

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

8. How does Swede describe Barry Umanoff and Marcia Schwartz's marriage?

9. What is the nature of Swede's memory of knocking Bill out on the football field?

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

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