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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 does the narrator see that draws her to the place where she will meet the main character of the novel?
(a) A flower filled cemetery.
(b) Kids in purple t-shirts pitching and hitting.
(c) Kids playing on the beach.
(d) Old men tossing a ball around.

2. What profession does the narrator regret telling he/she currently work as?
(a) The narrator is a writer.
(b) The narrator is a professional ball player.
(c) The narrator is a doctor.
(d) The narrator is a lawyer.

3. What did Chick's mother often slip to Chick whenever she dropped him off somewhere?
(a) Notes.
(b) Food.
(c) Kisses.
(d) Money.

4. Why does Posey ask Chick to put on his coat after he has finished eating?
(a) She has visits to make.
(b) She wants him to leave her alone.
(c) She is taking him to the hospital.
(d) She is sending him to the store.

5. What does Chick think about his visit to his mother two years after her death?
(a) Chick believes he has died.
(b) Chick believes he is having an alcohol induced hallucination.
(c) Chick does not question it at all.
(d) Chick begins to question his perceptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?

2. What did Len hope his son would do as an adult?

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

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

5. Why does the narrator claim they chose to write the novel in another person's voice?

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