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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Posey ask Chick to repeat himself when he tells her thank you for the meal?
(a) She is hard of hearing.
(b) She is surprised by his unusual gratitude.
(c) She wants to hear his voice.
(d) She wants to savor the words.

2. What did Chick do about the peeping tom?
(a) Told his mother.
(b) Beat them up.
(c) Called the police on them.
(d) Told them to stop.

3. What one thing did Chick notice his parents did together that seemed to make them both happy?
(a) Sing.
(b) Party.
(c) Dance.
(d) Drink.

4. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?
(a) A shopping mall.
(b) A diving board.
(c) A private balcony.
(d) A water tower.

5. What one word was the only one Chick could manage to say when his mother, who had been dead eight years, entered the kitchen in Section 2: Part 2?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Mom.
(c) Why.
(d) How.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Len Benetto often spend long chunks of time away from his family?

2. Why did Miss Thelma call Chick chickadoodle-do?

3. 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?

4. What does Posey tell Chick this word is supposed to represent?

5. What does Chick's mother wear the day she drives him to his first day of college?

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