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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 Posey remind Chick to do as he eats?
(a) Eat more.
(b) Eat slower.
(c) Eat faster.
(d) Eat less.

2. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?
(a) Writing ghost stories.
(b) Writing about sports.
(c) Writing romances.
(d) Writing mysteries.

3. What does Chick Benetto blame for the destruction of his marriage?
(a) Infidelity on her part.
(b) Infidelity on his part.
(c) Money troubles and his excessive drinking.
(d) Money troubles and her excessive drinking.

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 apple juice.
(b) A gallon of ice cream.
(c) A gallon of milk.
(d) A gallon of koolaide.

5. What meal does Posey fix for Chick in the present as he sits at the kitchen table?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Steak.
(d) Waffles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chick's mother tell him she will have to take him to his ball game in Section 2: Part 1?

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

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

4. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?

5. Why did the narrator come to Pepperville Beach?

(see the answer key)

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