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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 does Chick notice his car ran into and is now stopped underneath?
(a) A billboard for a Chevrolet dealership.
(b) A truck.
(c) A billboard for a new breakfast cereal.
(d) A school bus.

2. What profession does the narrator regret telling he/she currently work as?
(a) The narrator is a doctor.
(b) The narrator is a professional ball player.
(c) The narrator is a writer.
(d) The narrator is a lawyer.

3. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?
(a) An animal that jumped in front of his car.
(b) His decision to go the wrong way down an on ramp.
(c) A car driving in the wrong direction.
(d) His decision to drink.

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) In the bleachers of a Little League baseball field.
(c) Walking beside the river.
(d) On the railing of a water tower.

5. Who told Chick he could only be a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, not both?
(a) His mother, Posey Benetto.
(b) Miss Thelma.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His father, Len Benetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?

2. What does Posey create out of toilet paper for Chick's Halloween costume when he is six?

3. What does the narrator see that draws her to the place where she will meet the main character of the novel?

4. Who does Chick call after sneaking out of work in Section 1?

5. What did Posey want Chick to do as an adult?

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