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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. Where does the narrator say Mendy now live as a restaurant owner?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

2. What is the name of the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school at his class reunion?
(a) Barry.
(b) Ira.
(c) Bill.
(d) Bucky.

3. What is Swede's last name in the book?
(a) Orcutt.
(b) Umanoff.
(c) Levov.
(d) Salzman.

4. Where did Swede's father open a second location of his store after the depression?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

5. How are Swede's features described in Chapter 1?
(a) Dark.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Gentile.
(d) Brooding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede's athletic performance help his community forget about?

2. What is the narrator's profession?

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

4. What did Swede's grandfather manufacture?

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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