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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 did Len hope his son would do as an adult?
(a) Take over his liquor stores.
(b) Become a dentist.
(c) Become a doctor.
(d) Make the major leagues.

2. Why did Chick Benetto once wish his mother would leave him alone?
(a) She was rude and unkind.
(b) She was full of too much bad advice.
(c) She was too critical.
(d) She was smothering him.

3. Which did Chick chose to be as a small child, a daddy's boy or a momma's boy?
(a) Neither.
(b) Momma's boy.
(c) Both.
(d) Daddy's boy.

4. Why does Chick say his hometown is called Pepperville Beach?
(a) Someone dreamed of creating a beach there, but never got around to it.
(b) It is a joke among the locals.
(c) Some entrepreneur brought sand to the area to create a beach at the lake.
(d) It is a play on words regarding a nearby business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chick Benetto blame for the destruction of his marriage?

2. Why does Chick claim he did not check on the driver of the truck involved in his accident?

3. What does Chick find in the refrigerator of his mother's long empty house?

4. What does Chick Benetto receive that informs him of this family event he missed?

5. Where does Chick go after he wakes from his fall from the water tower?

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