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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Chick claim he did not check on the driver of the truck involved in his accident?
(a) He could see the driver was fine.
(b) He did not have the courage.
(c) He did not want to be arrested for drunk driving.
(d) He could see the driver was already out of the car and calling the police.

3. What does Chick think about his visit to his mother two years after her death?
(a) Chick believes he has died.
(b) Chick believes he is having an alcohol induced hallucination.
(c) Chick begins to question his perceptions.
(d) Chick does not question it at all.

4. What family event was Chick Benetto not invited to?
(a) His daughter's wedding.
(b) His father's funeral.
(c) His sister's wedding.
(d) His mother's funeral.

5. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?
(a) Chick feels there is no unbalance.
(b) Chick feels he let both his parents down.
(c) Chick feels his mother did not stand up enough for him.
(d) Chick feels he did not stand up enough for his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator come to Pepperville Beach?

2. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?

3. Why did Chick and his sister have trouble accepting that their parents were going to get divorced?

4. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?

5. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?

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