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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 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. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?
(a) A water tower.
(b) A diving board.
(c) A shopping mall.
(d) A private balcony.

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

4. Where does the narrator claim to have found the main character of this novel one Saturday morning?
(a) Mowing the lawn of his mother's house.
(b) Walking beside the river.
(c) On the railing of a water tower.
(d) In the bleachers of a Little League baseball field.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Chick Benetto she was sorry he did not get a chance to say good-bye before his mother died?

2. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?

3. What does Chick intend to do once he arrives at his destination in Section 2: Part 1?

4. Why does Chick's mother tell him she will have to take him to his ball game in Section 2: Part 1?

5. How late for work was Chick on the Monday morning after receiving the evidence of the family event he missed?

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