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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chick learn about his mother on his fake business trip that makes him regret leaving?
(a) His mother had a heart attack.
(b) His mother has cancer.
(c) His mother was in a car accident.
(d) His mother fell and broke her hip.

2. Why does Chick not allow his mother to go up to his dorm room with him?
(a) He is afraid she will make a fool of herself.
(b) He does not want her in his personal space.
(c) He is embarrassed by her presence.
(d) He does not want her to be oogled by his roommate.

3. Who called Posey's house one afternoon while Chick was there in Section 4: Part 1?
(a) Miss Thelma.
(b) Len Benetto.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Rose.

4. Why does Chick admit he continued to play baseball all through his childhood?
(a) He hoped it would help him become rich and famous.
(b) He hoped it would mean a way out of his mother's house.
(c) He hoped it would bring his father back into his life.
(d) He hoped it would teach him the values his father should have taught him.

5. What does Chick imagine his mother saying to him as he performs the Jewish custom she requested at her funeral?
(a) Could you do it a little better?
(b) How could you?
(c) Perfect.
(d) Good boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who does Posey brag about as she works on Rose's hair?

4. What is the final thing Posey tells Chick he must love in order to make a marriage work?

5. What is a short stay in baseball called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Marie write in the memory book at her grandmother's funeral?

2. Who encouraged Chick to drop out of college?

3. Why was Posey fired from her job as a nurse?

4. What does Chick admit embarrassed him about his mother as a child?

5. What do they call a short stay in professional baseball?

6. What metaphor did Posey often use for the death of her patients when she was a nurse?

7. Why did Chick not want his mother to go to his dorm room with him?

8. What explanation does Posey give to Chick about how people are dying call her to their sides?

9. Who does Chick say the ghost in his life truly was?

10. Who encourages Chick to leave town the day of his mother's birthday? Why?

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