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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cancer.
(c) His missing his wife.
(d) His depression.

2. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) A writer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A pharmacist.
(d) A teacher.

3. Where was the trip to that Dawn and Swede took that Dawn discusses at the dinner party in Chapter 9?
(a) Rome.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

4. What does Swede describe Dawn and Bill as at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Aliens.
(b) Predators.
(c) Rogues.
(d) Strangers.

5. What military force does Swede join as a teenager?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Marines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who laughs at the end of Chapter 9 after Jessie stabs Lou with a fork?

2. Which of the following words does the narrator not use to describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?

3. What does Dawn blame along with Swede for her poor condition after Merry's disappearance?

4. Besides being self-absorbed, what other word is used to describe Swede's daughter in Chapter 3?

5. What does Swede feel he is in that is "carved out of time from which he would never be extricated"?

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