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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who influenced Merry's thinking about woman revolutionaries and their need to sacrifice?
(a) Angela Davis.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Frantz Fanon.
(d) Mother Theresa.

2. What does Lou do to Swede for hanging onto the factory in Newark?
(a) Shames him.
(b) Encourages him.
(c) Criticizes him.
(d) Helps him.

3. Where would Dawn go to swim to get away from others?
(a) Avon.
(b) Cape May.
(c) Ocean City.
(d) Stone Harbor.

4. What did the narrator keep on his bedroom wall to keep track of the war?
(a) A map.
(b) A poster.
(c) A wartime list.
(d) A flag.

5. What does Swede feel he is in that is "carved out of time from which he would never be extricated"?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A house.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) A bed.

6. What word does Swede use to describe his father as a mix with antagonism?
(a) Shame.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Pain.

7. What did Dr. Salzman counsel the Levovs about?
(a) Their home.
(b) Their marriage.
(c) Dawn's facelift.
(d) Merry's disappearance.

8. What city does Dawn go to for her facelift?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

9. Where does Rita tell Swede that Merry is working in Chapter 5?
(a) Newark.
(b) New Haven.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Boston.

10. What is the name of the architect building Dawn and Swede's new home?
(a) Mendy Gurlik.
(b) Bill Orcutt.
(c) Ira Posner.
(d) Shelly Salzman.

11. What does Swede learn that Merry has become in Chapter 6?
(a) A Jain.
(b) A Hindu.
(c) A Baptist.
(d) A Buddhist.

12. What does Swede realize Merry is in after he admits she has destroyed herself?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) A world of hate.
(c) Denial.
(d) Deep depression.

13. What kind of people does Swede believe Merry could have fallen in with to explain her life?
(a) Foolish ones.
(b) Wrong ones.
(c) Mean ones.
(d) Bad ones.

14. What word is used to describe Bill in addition to his feeling slightly superior?
(a) Vain.
(b) Rude.
(c) Shameful.
(d) Egotistical.

15. Since what occurrence does the narrator say Dawn hasn't been motivated to do anything in regard to Merry?
(a) Her parents' death.
(b) Her pageant days.
(c) Merry's disappearance.
(d) The bombing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dawn not have when dealing with peoples' reactions to her beauty?

2. What does Marcia say that without transgression there is none of in Chapter 8?

3. What does Swede's brother refer to him as because he cannot take the brutality of the world?

4. What does Swede confront Sheila about in Chapter 9?

5. Who calls Swede at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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