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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls down to Chick from upstairs as he stands in the kitchen of his mother's abandoned house in Section 2, Part 1?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His mother.
(c) A bum.
(d) A homeless woman.

2. What three things did Posey once tell Chick he needed to be successful?
(a) Hard work, good money, and intelligence.
(b) Good support, lots of money, and love.
(c) Belief, hard work, and love.
(d) Intelligence, hard work, and good support.

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

4. Why does the narrator claim they chose to write the novel in another person's voice?
(a) To make it more romantic.
(b) To add to the mystery.
(c) To make it more believable.
(d) To make it more suspenseful.

5. What did Chick's mother often slip to Chick whenever she dropped him off somewhere?
(a) Money.
(b) Notes.
(c) Kisses.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Thelma's family think she is doing?

2. How did Len Benetto propose to Posey?

3. Why does Chick lie to his family about a trip out of town on his mother's birthday?

4. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?

5. When Chick's father asks to drive him home from a college baseball game, what does he do that causes Chick to feel all is right with the world?

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