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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chick go after he wakes from his fall from the water tower?
(a) To his childhood home.
(b) To his current home.
(c) To his wife's home.
(d) To his daughter's home.

2. Who does Chick find looking at him as he recovers from his jump in section 1?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

3. How did Roberta hide the carvings she and Chick made in their mother's kitchen table when their mother returned from work?
(a) A gallon of apple juice.
(b) A gallon of ice cream.
(c) A gallon of milk.
(d) A gallon of koolaide.

4. Why does the narrator tell the reader in the Introduction that they might not believe the story?
(a) The narrator does not believe the story.
(b) The story is not true.
(c) The story is unusual.
(d) The story revolves around the main characters one day visit with his dead mother.

5. What meal does Posey fix for Chick in the present as he sits at the kitchen table?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Steak.
(d) Waffles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of story does the narrator suggest this novel is?

2. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?

3. Why does Chick say his hometown is called Pepperville Beach?

4. Why does Posey ask Chick to put on his coat after he has finished eating?

5. What meal that Posey makes does Len Benetto often complain she cannot make properly?

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