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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator see that draws her to the place where she will meet the main character of the novel?
(a) A flower filled cemetery.
(b) Kids playing on the beach.
(c) Old men tossing a ball around.
(d) Kids in purple t-shirts pitching and hitting.

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

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

5. How late for work was Chick on the Monday morning after receiving the evidence of the family event he missed?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Two hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?

2. Who supposedly played in the World Series?

3. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?

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

5. What did the narrator stop to do on the way back to the airport in the Introduction?

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