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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rita tell Swede that she needs to get of Merry's during their first meeting?
(a) Her stuttering diary.
(b) Money.
(c) Some clothes.
(d) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.

2. What does the narrator believe the tribute to Swede's father was a cover to hide?
(a) The pain associated with his daughter.
(b) His depression.
(c) His missing his wife.
(d) His cancer.

3. What is Swede's entire community in love with in regard to him?
(a) His confidence.
(b) His athleticism.
(c) What he stands for.
(d) His manners.

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

5. Whom does Merry ask Swede to kiss her like when they are returning from a seaside cottage in Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) A daughter.
(d) A pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Nathan's friend Alan a superior court judge?

2. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?

3. What religion does Swede practice?

4. How is Rita's hair described in the book?

5. What is the name of the black worker at Swede's factory that stays with him during the riots?

(see the answer key)

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