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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. How did Roberta hide the carvings she and Chick made in their mother's kitchen table when their mother returned from work?
(a) A gallon of milk.
(b) A gallon of apple juice.
(c) A gallon of koolaide.
(d) A gallon of ice cream.

2. What question does Posey ask Chick that causes him to insist that her being in the kitchen eight years after her death is impossible?
(a) Can he stay all day.
(b) Is he dead.
(c) Is he ill.
(d) Is Catherine joining them.

3. Who supposedly attempted to kill himself/herself?
(a) Marie Benetto.
(b) Len Benetto.
(c) Chick Benetto.
(d) Posey Benetto.

4. Who told Chick Benetto she was sorry he did not get a chance to say good-bye before his mother died?
(a) His wife.
(b) His fourteen year old daughter.
(c) His ten year old son.
(d) His sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator claim the story from this novel belongs to?

2. What did Chick's mother often slip to Chick whenever she dropped him off somewhere?

3. What one thing did Chick notice his parents did together that seemed to make them both happy?

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

5. What does Chick find in the refrigerator of his mother's long empty house?

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