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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. What did the narrator stop to do on the way back to the airport in the Introduction?
(a) Visit the beach.
(b) Get some coffee.
(c) Buy an ice cream.
(d) Have lunch.

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

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

4. How did Roberta hide the carvings she and Chick made in their mother's kitchen table when their mother returned from work?
(a) A gallon of milk.
(b) A gallon of apple juice.
(c) A gallon of koolaide.
(d) A gallon of ice cream.

5. What did Chick and his sister use to carve their initials into their mother's kitchen table?
(a) Steak knives.
(b) Razor blades.
(c) Switchblades.
(d) Pocket knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Chick feel fits him well?

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

3. Why did Len Benetto often spend long chunks of time away from his family?

4. What does the narrator see that draws her to the place where she will meet the main character of the novel?

5. Where did Posey met Len Benetto?

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