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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 part of Rimrock does Swede live in?

2. Where does Rita tell Swede that Merry is working in Chapter 5?

3. Who does Swede see having sex in the kitchen of his house at the end of Chapter 7?

4. Whom does Swede decide to call at the end of Chapter 6 to talk about Merry?

5. What does Swede describe Dawn and Bill as at the end of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Swede's time as a marine described in Chapter 5?

2. What does Jessie do to Lou at the end of the book?

3. What does Marcia remark about regarding social conditions in Chapter 8?

4. What is the nature of Swede's phone call with Rita at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. How does Swede suggest that the Miss New Jersey pageant ruined Dawn?

6. What did Dr. Salzman counsel the Levovs about?

7. How does Merry live as a Jain?

8. What is the nature of Swede's memory of knocking Bill out on the football field?

9. What is the nature of Lou's discussion regarding the downfall of Newark in Chapter 8?

10. How is Swede's mother affected by Merry's disappearance in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters Dawn and Merry. What does Dawn's insistence on making Merry her mirror image say about the struggles within these two characters

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

Examine the use of the reunion as a frame story for Swede. What were you able to learn about Swede that you would not had the author not been at the reunion?

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