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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What proceedings are Swede's parents watching on TV in Chapter 7?
(a) The Johnson inauguration.
(b) The Bay of Pigs.
(c) Watergate.
(d) The Kennedy inauguration.

3. Where is the bombing done by the Weathermen with which Swede believes Merry to be involved?
(a) Soho.
(b) Portland.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Newark.

4. Who does Swede see having sex in the kitchen of his house at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Bill and Marcia.
(b) Dawn and Bill.
(c) Dawn and Barry.
(d) Jim and Sylvia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's profession?

3. How many years does Swede become preoccupied with "a gruesome inner life" concerning Merry in Chapter 4?

4. What does Rita say should happen to Swede for what he pays the workers in other countries to work in his factories?

5. Besides being self-absorbed, what other word is used to describe Swede's daughter in Chapter 3?

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