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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 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 there is no unbalance.
(c) Chick feels his mother did not stand up enough for him.
(d) Chick feels he let both his parents down.

2. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is unable to concentrate.
(c) He is hung over and depressed.
(d) He is called away by a family emergency.

3. Where did Posey met Len Benetto?
(a) At school.
(b) At church.
(c) At Galveston beach.
(d) At Pepperville Lake.

4. Why does Chick recall that his mother barked at a neighborhood dog?
(a) To teach him that you have to show a bully whose boss.
(b) To teach the dog not to mess with people.
(c) To make him laugh.
(d) To make his sister laugh.

5. What does the main character think the narrator wants to know about him?
(a) Why his mother died.
(b) Why he attempted suicide.
(c) Why he left his familiy.
(d) Why he drank and drove.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says every family is a what?

2. What question does the narrator pose at the end of the Introduction?

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

4. What does Chick notice his car ran into and is now stopped underneath?

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

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