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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. Why does the narrator claim they chose to write the novel in another person's voice?
(a) To add to the mystery.
(b) To make it more romantic.
(c) To make it more believable.
(d) To make it more suspenseful.

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

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

4. Why does Chick's mother tell him she will have to take him to his ball game in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) His father was gone.
(b) His father had an accident.
(c) His father did not want to.
(d) His father was out of town.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Chick's mother often slip to Chick whenever she dropped him off somewhere?

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

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

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

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