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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 Rita tell Swede that she needs to get of Merry's during their first meeting?
(a) Some clothes.
(b) Her Audrey Hepburn scrapbook.
(c) Her stuttering diary.
(d) Money.

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

3. What is the narrator's name in the book?
(a) Bill Orcutt.
(b) Swede Levov.
(c) Jerry Levov.
(d) Nathan Zuckerman.

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

5. What does the narrator say that the Jews that were familiar with hardship did not want to waste?
(a) Food.
(b) Opportunities.
(c) Money.
(d) Friendships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede's athletic performance help his community forget about?

2. What does the narrator suggest Swede's manner in kissing Merry when returning from the seaside cottage did to her?

3. What does Jerry say Swede lacked and is what killed him when talking with Nathan at the class reunion?

4. What nickname does Swede call the narrator as a young boy?

5. What is the name of the store Swede's father opened after the depression?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe Swede's tribute to his father?

3. What is the nature of the description of Newark Maid Leatherware?

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

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

6. Describe Nathan's interaction with his old girlfriend Joy at his class reunion.

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe the lack of a generation gap in his neighborhood?

10. What does Nathan say his working from home saves him from when talking with Jerry at the class reunion?

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