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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chick believe about his current circumstances now that he knows he is somewhere in limbo between life and death?
(a) That he has had a mental breakdown.
(b) That he is really hallucinating.
(c) That he is already dead.
(d) That he is dying.

2. What does the caller say when Chick answers the phone at Rose's house?
(a) He says he is Rose's husband, but her husband is dead.
(b) He asks for Rose's husband, but he is dead.
(c) He tries to sell Chick life insurance.
(d) He speaks Chick's name and says there was an accident.

3. Who does Chick call after sneaking out of work in Section 1?
(a) His mother, Posey.
(b) His daughter, Marie.
(c) His father, Len.
(d) His ex-wife, Catherine.

4. What does Chick say when his mother asks about his wife, Catherine?
(a) He lies, saying they are still together.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They split up.
(d) He lies, saying she is sick.

5. What phrase does Chick feel fits him well?
(a) Poor truant, passionate fool.
(b) Life is a beach.
(c) Blundering back to God.
(d) Tiime will tell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chick consider his best day during his college years?

2. Why can Posey not find another nursing job?

3. Why does Posey tell Chick in Section 3: Part 2 that she did not want to ask for money from his father?

4. Who does the narrator claim the story from this novel belongs to?

5. What does Posey say when Chick tells her she died?

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