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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. Whom does Jerry not say Swede had to live with that caused pressure on him when talking to Nathan at the class reunion?
2. What does the narrator say Jerry is accustomed to being in Chapter 3?
3. What does the narrator say that adolescents sought more of compared to the adults in his neighborhood?
4. Swede's healthy self-image changes so that he senses his life is what in Chapter 3?
5. What is Mendy's last name in the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Jerry described at the beginning of Chapter 3?
2. What does Merry begin doing in New York as a teenager?
3. Swede reads about bombs over five years after Rita's visit that remind him of Merry. How are they described?
4. How are Merry's physical attributes described as she grows up?
5. What reason does Nathan give Jerry for coming to the reunion?
6. What does Nathan say his working from home saves him from when talking with Jerry at the class reunion?
7. What does Nathan decide he will do to complete his story on Swede in Chapter 3?
8. What is Nathan fascinated with in regard to his childhood culture?
9. What happens when Merry asks Swede if he would kiss her as he did her mother when she was a young child?
10. What is the nature of Nathan's reminiscence about "The Kid from Tomkinsville"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of the dinner party in the book. How do the events at the dinner party represent the crashing down of everything in Swede's life?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the character Merry. What is telling about the true nature of Merry based on her non-conformist choices like being militant or becoming a Jain?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the portrayal of the Jewish neighborhood in the book. What importance did this culture have in Nathan and Swede's upbringing and future?
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