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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the narrator's name in the book?
(a) Jerry Levov.
(b) Bill Orcutt.
(c) Nathan Zuckerman.
(d) Swede Levov.

4. What did Swede's grandfather manufacture?
(a) Mufflers.
(b) Ladies' glove.
(c) Coats.
(d) Cars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Mendy is now obsessed with?

2. What is the name of the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school at his class reunion?

3. What does the narrator meet with Swede to write about near the end of Chapter 1?

4. What sport did the narrator play with Swede's younger brother?

5. What military force does Swede join as a teenager?

(see the answer key)

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