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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 did the narrator come to Pepperville Beach?
(a) To close on a house that had been in the family for years.
(b) To bury a relative.
(c) To buy a house.
(d) To visit a relative.

2. Why does the narrator tell the reader in the Introduction that they might not believe the story?
(a) The narrator does not believe the story.
(b) The story is not true.
(c) The story is unusual.
(d) The story revolves around the main characters one day visit with his dead mother.

3. What kind of story does the narrator suggest this novel is?
(a) A mystery.
(b) A ghost story.
(c) A romance.
(d) A family drama.

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

5. Who does Chick find looking at him as he recovers from his jump in section 1?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Chick he could only be a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, not both?

2. What sport does the narrator claim the main character once played?

3. What line does Chick Benetto feel he crossed?

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

5. Which did Chick chose to be as a small child, a daddy's boy or a momma's boy?

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