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

2. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?
(a) Chick feels he did not stand up enough for his mother.
(b) Chick feels his mother did not stand up enough for him.
(c) Chick feels there is no unbalance.
(d) Chick feels he let both his parents down.

3. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?
(a) A water tower.
(b) A shopping mall.
(c) A private balcony.
(d) A diving board.

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

5. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?
(a) A diary.
(b) Personal notes and a journal.
(c) Personal notes and legal papers.
(d) Newspaper articles and death certificates.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator tell the reader in the Introduction that they might not believe the story?

3. What phrase does Chick feel fits him well?

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

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

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