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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Rimrock does Swede live in?

2. What kind of condition had Dawn been suffering for five years after Merry's disappearance?

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

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

5. What does Swede decide about the person that calls him that causes him to hang up on that person in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Swede witness when he walks in on Dawn and Bill in his kitchen during the dinner party?

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

3. How does Swede suggest that the Miss New Jersey pageant ruined Dawn?

4. What did Dr. Salzman counsel the Levovs about?

5. How does Swede describe Bill and Dawn in the end of Chapter 8?

6. How does Merry live as a Jain?

7. What is the nature of the letter Swede receives from Rita at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

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

10. What does Swede realize regarding Merry's mental health in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of the Jewish neighborhood in the book. What importance did this culture have in Nathan and Swede's upbringing and future?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters Dawn and Merry. What does Dawn's insistence on making Merry her mirror image say about the struggles within these two characters

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the character Dawn and Marcia. What do the differences in these two characters' ideologies suggest about the natures of their characters?

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