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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What age is Merry when she and Swede are at a seaside cottage in the book?
2. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
3. What does an article about Merry say about her that Swede hates?
4. What is the name of Nathan's old girlfriend that he runs into at his reunion?
5. Where does the narrator say Mendy now live as a restaurant owner?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nathan say his working from home saves him from when talking with Jerry at the class reunion?
2. What does one doctor say about Merry's stuttering in regard to her perfectionist family?
3. How does Rita taunt Swede sexually in Chapter 4?
4. How does the narrator describe the post-war energy of his neighborhood in Chapter 2?
5. How is Merry's bombing in her hometown at the end of Chapter 3 described?
6. Describe Rita and Swede's conversation after she reveals she is Merry's friend in Chapter 4?
7. How does Swede describe glove making to the narrator in Chapter 1?
8. What does Jerry tell Nathan that his brother Swede had in spite of being a big success in Chapter 3?
9. How does the narrator describe Swede's tribute to his father?
10. What does the narrator say about the neighborhood's reason for idolizing Swede?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Jerry and Swede. What is significant about the personality and moral differences in these two characters?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the irony of the outcome of Swede's life. What can be responsible for the obstacles present in Swede's life to explain for the tragedy surrounding his home life?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of tone. What details is the author able to introduce about the characters by using varying tones in one chapter?
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