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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chick Benetto believe he was not invited to this family event?
(a) He does not get along with his extended family.
(b) He does not get along with his ex-wife.
(c) His attitude made him unwelcome.
(d) His drinking made him an embarrassment.

2. What phrase does Chick feel fits him well?
(a) Blundering back to God.
(b) Life is a beach.
(c) Tiime will tell.
(d) Poor truant, passionate fool.

3. The narrator says every family is a what?
(a) A romance.
(b) A drama.
(c) A ghost story.
(d) A joke.

4. Who notices the narrator in the Introduction as the narrator watches the action going on?
(a) An old man visiting his wife's grave.
(b) A kid pitching a ball.
(c) A kid building a sand castle.
(d) An old man mowing the grass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chick find looking at him as he recovers from his jump in section 1?

2. Who supposedly attempted to kill himself/herself?

3. Where does the narrator claim to have found the main character of this novel one Saturday morning?

4. During a night of heavy drinking, where does Chick decide to go?

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

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