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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?
(a) A water tower.
(b) A private balcony.
(c) A shopping mall.
(d) A diving board.

2. Where does the narrator claim to have found the main character of this novel one Saturday morning?
(a) Walking beside the river.
(b) On the railing of a water tower.
(c) In the bleachers of a Little League baseball field.
(d) Mowing the lawn of his mother's house.

3. What one thing did Chick notice his parents did together that seemed to make them both happy?
(a) Sing.
(b) Drink.
(c) Dance.
(d) Party.

4. What question does Posey ask Chick that causes him to insist that her being in the kitchen eight years after her death is impossible?
(a) Is Catherine joining them.
(b) Can he stay all day.
(c) Is he dead.
(d) Is he ill.

5. Which did Chick chose to be as a small child, a daddy's boy or a momma's boy?
(a) Daddy's boy.
(b) Neither.
(c) Both.
(d) Momma's boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chick's mother often slip to Chick whenever she dropped him off somewhere?

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

3. How did Roberta hide the carvings she and Chick made in their mother's kitchen table when their mother returned from work?

4. Why did the doctor who delivered Chick tell Posey she had to deliver by dinner time?

5. Who supposedly played in the World Series?

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