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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. Where did Posey met Len Benetto?
(a) At Pepperville Lake.
(b) At church.
(c) At school.
(d) At Galveston beach.

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

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

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) Is he dead.
(c) Is he ill.
(d) Can he stay all day.

5. What did Chick and his sister use to carve their initials into their mother's kitchen table?
(a) Switchblades.
(b) Razor blades.
(c) Steak knives.
(d) Pocket knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of story does the narrator suggest this novel is?

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

3. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?

4. What does Chick Benetto receive that informs him of this family event he missed?

5. Why does Chick say his hometown is called Pepperville Beach?

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