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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. How does Chick react to the announcement that he was a blessing his mother had waited a long time to receive?
(a) He wanted a drink.
(b) With pride and humility.
(c) With shame for all he had done wrong over the past few years.
(d) He hugged his mother.

2. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?
(a) His decision to go the wrong way down an on ramp.
(b) An animal that jumped in front of his car.
(c) A car driving in the wrong direction.
(d) His decision to drink.

3. Why does Chick claim he did not check on the driver of the truck involved in his accident?
(a) He could see the driver was fine.
(b) He did not have the courage.
(c) He could see the driver was already out of the car and calling the police.
(d) He did not want to be arrested for drunk driving.

4. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?
(a) Personal notes and legal papers.
(b) A diary.
(c) Newspaper articles and death certificates.
(d) Personal notes and a journal.

5. Who supposedly played in the World Series?
(a) The old man at the beach.
(b) Chick Benetto.
(c) Len Benetto.
(d) The old man at the cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator stop to do on the way back to the airport in the Introduction?

2. Who came to Chick's defense when the librarian refused to allow him to check out the book he wanted?

3. What profession does the narrator regret telling he/she currently work as?

4. What does Chick think about his visit to his mother two years after her death?

5. How did Len Benetto propose to Posey?

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