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

2. Why does Chick say his hometown is called Pepperville Beach?
(a) Some entrepreneur brought sand to the area to create a beach at the lake.
(b) It is a joke among the locals.
(c) Someone dreamed of creating a beach there, but never got around to it.
(d) It is a play on words regarding a nearby business.

3. What would Posey tell her children when they would ask about patients she cared for who had died?
(a) That they no longer felt pain.
(b) That they went home.
(c) That they no longer needed her care.
(d) That they were in a better place.

4. Why does Chick lie to his family about a trip out of town on his mother's birthday?
(a) So he can play in a baseball game.
(b) So he can sneak out to get a surprise gift.
(c) So he can escape a boring party.
(d) So he can see his mistress.

5. 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) A homeless woman.
(b) His mother.
(c) A bum.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Chick pick up Roberta after school every day shortly after the divorce?

2. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?

3. What did Len hope his son would do as an adult?

4. What did Chick's fourteen-year-old daughter write in the memory book at her grandmother's funeral?

5. What does Chick learn about his mother on his fake business trip that makes him regret leaving?

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