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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who notices the narrator in the Introduction as the narrator watches the action going on?
(a) An old man visiting his wife's grave.
(b) A kid pitching a ball.
(c) A kid building a sand castle.
(d) An old man mowing the grass.

2. What does Posey create out of toilet paper for Chick's Halloween costume when he is six?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A marshmellow.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A frankenstein monster.

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

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

5. 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 unusual.
(c) The story revolves around the main characters one day visit with his dead mother.
(d) The story is not true.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chick call after sneaking out of work in Section 1?

2. What meal does Posey fix for Chick in the present as he sits at the kitchen table?

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

4. What meal that Posey makes does Len Benetto often complain she cannot make properly?

5. What was it that Chick insists his father always had in mind?

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