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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Religion.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Len's drinking.

2. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?
(a) She was not a good nurse.
(b) She was late too often.
(c) She distracted the patients.
(d) She complained about a doctor's inappropriate behavior.

3. Who taught Chick how to shave?
(a) A boyfriend of his mother's.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) An uncle.

4. How does Posey react when Chick asks if he can be with her if he dies?
(a) No, she does not want him around.
(b) God will not allow it.
(c) Now he wants to be with her.
(d) Sure, she would love the company.

5. What does Chick intend to do once he arrives at his destination in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) To speak to his daughter.
(b) To drink some more.
(c) To speak to his wife.
(d) To kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator claim they chose to write the novel in another person's voice?

2. What is a short stay in baseball called?

3. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?

4. What kind of scholarship did Chick get to help pay for college?

5. What does the main character think the narrator wants to know about him?

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