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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is Merry?
(a) Close to six feet.
(b) Four feet nine inches.
(c) Just above five feet.
(d) Five feet five inches.

2. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?
(a) Happy.
(b) In control.
(c) Out of control.
(d) Damaged.

3. Which of the following words does the narrator not use to describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?
(a) Forward looking.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Vibrant.
(d) Nervous.

4. What kind of condition had Dawn been suffering for five years after Merry's disappearance?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Suicidal depression.
(c) Psychosis
(d) Schizophrenia.

5. What does Swede explain everything about to Rita when they first meet?
(a) Glove making.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Children.
(d) Merry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are both Swede and Merry described as being when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?

3. What does Swede wonder is connected with his preoccupations regarding Merry at the end of Chapter 4?

4. Where does Rita tell Swede that Merry is working in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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