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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the narrator pose at the end of the Introduction?
(a) What if you got one day back with a dead loved one.
(b) What if you got one day to be whoever you want.
(c) What if you got one day with a lost love.
(d) What if you got one day to repair all your mistakes.

2. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is unable to concentrate.
(c) He is called away by a family emergency.
(d) He is hung over and depressed.

3. 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 sister.
(c) His fourteen year old daughter.
(d) His ten year old son.

4. Why does the narrator tell the reader in the Introduction that they might not believe the story?
(a) The story is not true.
(b) The story is unusual.
(c) The story revolves around the main characters one day visit with his dead mother.
(d) The narrator does not believe the story.

5. What does Chick Benetto blame for the destruction of his marriage?
(a) Infidelity on her part.
(b) Money troubles and her excessive drinking.
(c) Infidelity on his part.
(d) Money troubles and his excessive drinking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of story does the narrator suggest this novel is?

3. What family event was Chick Benetto not invited to?

4. What does the main character think the narrator wants to know about him?

5. Why does the narrator claim they chose to write the novel in another person's voice?

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