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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Swede's daughter do to the local post office and general store as a radical stunt?
(a) Sets it on fire.
(b) Robs it.
(c) Bombs it.
(d) Bulldozes it.

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

3. What is the narrator especially fascinated by in regard to his ability to remember his childhood?
(a) How much he misses it.
(b) The depth of detail.
(c) How long ago it was.
(d) How fond he is of the memories.

4. What does Swede's daughter have to see a therapist for as a child?
(a) Depression.
(b) Stuttering.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Lisping.

5. What is the first war Merry become militant about?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) WWI.
(d) WWII.

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

7. What does Swede's athletic performance help his community forget about?
(a) The plague.
(b) Their debt.
(c) Death.
(d) The war.

8. What does the narrator say Jerry is accustomed to being in Chapter 3?
(a) Having his way.
(b) Being ignored.
(c) Being listened to.
(d) Demanding attention.

9. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?
(a) Out of control.
(b) In control.
(c) Damaged.
(d) Happy.

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

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

12. What is Swede's daughter's name?
(a) Merry.
(b) Joy.
(c) Angela.
(d) Dorothy.

13. Where does Swede take his first wife to receive a facelift?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Switzerland.

14. How many years had Swede's daughter been in hiding according to Jerry in Chapter 3?
(a) Five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

15. What is the name of the family that Merry says she stays with when visiting New York in Chapter 3?
(a) Levov.
(b) Umanoff.
(c) Orcutt.
(d) Helpern.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nathan as he prepares a speech for his high school reunion in the book?

2. How are Swede's features described in Chapter 1?

3. What is the narrator's profession?

4. What trait is given to Dawn when she is first described in Chapter 4?

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

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