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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told Chick he could only be a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, not both?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) Miss Thelma.
(c) His father, Len Benetto.
(d) His mother, Posey Benetto.

2. How does Chick Benetto feel that he lost his father?
(a) Chick turned his back on baseball.
(b) Chick was a poor salesman.
(c) Chick drank too much and his father disapproved.
(d) Chick's father disliked Chick's wife.

3. How does Posey react when Chick asks if he can be with her if he dies?
(a) Now he wants to be with her.
(b) Sure, she would love the company.
(c) No, she does not want him around.
(d) God will not allow it.

4. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?
(a) She complained about a doctor's inappropriate behavior.
(b) She was not a good nurse.
(c) She was late too often.
(d) She distracted the patients.

5. What did the narrator stop to do on the way back to the airport in the Introduction?
(a) Get some coffee.
(b) Have lunch.
(c) Buy an ice cream.
(d) Visit the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What line does Chick Benetto feel he crossed?

2. Why can Posey not find another nursing job?

3. Why does the narrator tell the reader in the Introduction that they might not believe the story?

4. How much longer after this injury did Chick continue to play baseball professionally?

5. Who dresses up as Santa on the first Christmas after Len Benetto left his family?

(see the answer key)

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