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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Faith.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Closure.

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

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

4. What is Mendy's last name in the book?
(a) Dwyer.
(b) Levov.
(c) Orcutt.
(d) Gurlik.

5. What does Swede explain everything about to Rita when they first meet?
(a) Children.
(b) Glove making.
(c) Merry.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's name in the book?

2. What does Merry stop doing as a teen in regards to hygiene?

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

4. What is the name of the neighborhood in which Swede grew up?

5. What about Merry is Swede more patient and accepting of than her mother is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Nathan give Jerry for coming to the reunion?

2. How does the narrator describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?

3. How are the adolescents in Nathan's neighborhood described in Chapter 2?

4. How does Rita taunt Swede sexually in Chapter 4?

5. How is Jerry described at the beginning of Chapter 3?

6. What does one doctor say about Merry's stuttering in regard to her perfectionist family?

7. How is Merry's bombing in her hometown at the end of Chapter 3 described?

8. What happens when Merry asks Swede if he would kiss her as he did her mother when she was a young child?

9. What does Nathan reminisce about regarding his high school memories while preparing a speech for his reunion?

10. How is Rita's first visit to the glove factory described?

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