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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What celebrity does Merry become obsessed with as a child?
(a) Eva Gabor.
(b) Audrey Hepburn.
(c) Greta Garbo.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

2. In what state did Swede grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Connecticut.

3. What about Merry is Swede more patient and accepting of than her mother is?
(a) Her shyness.
(b) Her lisping.
(c) Her depression.
(d) Her stuttering.

4. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?
(a) Monster daughter.
(b) Unsatisfiable wife.
(c) Mean son.
(d) Unsatisfiable father.

5. What kind of world does the narrator note that Swede has naturally incorporated himself into?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Poor.
(d) Wasp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?

2. What is Swede's last name in the book?

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

4. What is Swede's entire community in love with in regard to him?

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

(see the answer key)

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