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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Pages 60 - 89.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days before Nathan's class reunion did Swede die?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. The narrator notes what about his neighborhood as a youth?
(a) They all lived in a fine manner.
(b) The close familiarity of the families.
(c) That the parents allowed the children to do as they wished.
(d) That everyone minded his own business.

3. What does the narrator say had not changed about Jerry besides his silly gait?
(a) His long arms.
(b) His silly hair.
(c) His goofy smile.
(d) His odd legs.

4. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?
(a) Sexual freedom.
(b) Their productivity.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Their values.

5. What religion does Swede practice?
(a) Presbyterianism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at his reunion?

2. In what state did Swede grow up?

3. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?

4. What does the narrator say that the Jews that were familiar with hardship did not want to waste?

5. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?

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