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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the store Swede's father opened after the depression?
(a) Newark Clothing Inc.
(b) The Car Store.
(c) Levov Leatherware.
(d) Newark Maid Leatherware.

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

3. What does Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at the reunion tell him she regrets never letting him do?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Touch her breasts.
(d) Hugg her.

4. What sport did the narrator play with Swede's younger brother?
(a) Football.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Ping pong.
(d) Tennis.

5. What kind of diary does Rita later make Swede give to her for Merry in Chapter 4?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.
(d) A stuttering diary.

6. Whom does Swede remember watching on TV and has an imaginary conversation with in Chapter 4?
(a) Angela Davis.
(b) Rita Cohen.
(c) Dorothy Dwyer.
(d) Joy Helpern.

7. What kind of dance class does Merry take as a young girl?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Tap.
(c) Ballet.
(d) Ballroom.

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

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

10. Where does Rita first visit Swede in the book?
(a) At his glove factory.
(b) His home.
(c) A diner.
(d) A store.

11. What does the narrator say Swede is untouched by after their first meeting to write a piece for Swede?
(a) Other people.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anything negative.

12. What does the narrator tell Jerry that the nostalgia of the reunion is least likely to present to explain why he came?
(a) Any surprises.
(b) Closure.
(c) Faith.
(d) Happiness.

13. What does the narrator say the adolescents had respect for in regard to their parents in his neighborhood?
(a) Sexual freedom.
(b) Their values.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Their productivity.

14. What is the name of Merry's hometown?
(a) Rimrock.
(b) Newark.
(c) Providence.
(d) Boston.

15. Whom does the man that tells Nathan he wrote a paper for him in school say his life was changed by?
(a) Bill.
(b) Swede.
(c) Nathan's father.
(d) Nathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man that pays alimony for two marriages at Nathan's class reunion?

2. What does Swede explain everything about to Rita when they first meet?

3. The narrator notes what about his neighborhood as a youth?

4. What does Swede's daughter do to the local post office and general store as a radical stunt?

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

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