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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. Why did Len Benetto often spend long chunks of time away from his family?
(a) To spend time with his biological family.
(b) To help reduce the friction at home.
(c) To spend time with his friends.
(d) To visit with liquor distributors and to manage his new store in a town an hour away.

2. What meal that Posey makes does Len Benetto often complain she cannot make properly?
(a) Fettuccini.
(b) Ziti.
(c) Macaroni.
(d) Spaghetti.

3. What word does Posey show Chick carved into the tree?
(a) God.
(b) Baby.
(c) Help.
(d) Please.

4. Why does Chick believe Posey lost all her friends after the divorce?
(a) No one wanted to associate with a divorcee.
(b) She became depressed and unplesant to be around.
(c) Other women were threatened by her charm and beauty.
(d) Everyone sided with Len.

5. Why does the narrator tell the reader in the Introduction that they might not believe the story?
(a) The story is unusual.
(b) The story is not true.
(c) The narrator does not believe the story.
(d) The story revolves around the main characters one day visit with his dead mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Chick Benetto she was sorry he did not get a chance to say good-bye before his mother died?

2. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?

3. What family event was Chick Benetto not invited to?

4. What did Posey want Chick to do as an adult?

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

(see the answer key)

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