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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What line does Chick Benetto feel he crossed?
(a) The line of no return that leads to suicide.
(b) The line between life and death.
(c) The line between right and wrong.
(d) The line between morality and sin.

2. Who does the narrator claim the story from this novel belongs to?
(a) Charles 'Chick' Benetto.
(b) Len Benetto.
(c) Pauline 'Posey' Benetto.
(d) Maria Benetto.

3. Why did the narrator come to Pepperville Beach?
(a) To bury a relative.
(b) To visit a relative.
(c) To close on a house that had been in the family for years.
(d) To buy a house.

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

5. 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 ten year old son.
(d) His fourteen year old daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chick stop at a convenience store to buy in Section 1?

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

3. What sport does the narrator claim the main character once played?

4. What question does the narrator pose at the end of the Introduction?

5. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?

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