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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 Posey want Chick to do as an adult?
(a) To be a ball player.
(b) To be a priest.
(c) To be well educated.
(d) To take over his father's liquor stores.

2. What does Chick intend to do once he arrives at his destination in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) To speak to his wife.
(b) To speak to his daughter.
(c) To kill himself.
(d) To drink some more.

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

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

5. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Len's drinking.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During a night of heavy drinking, where does Chick decide to go?

3. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?

4. Where does the narrator claim to have found the main character of this novel one Saturday morning?

5. What phrase does Chick feel fits him well?

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