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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. What does Chick stop at a convenience store to buy in Section 1?
(a) Soda pop.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

2. Why does Chick tell Roberta the truth about Santa Claus that first Christmas after Len left the family?
(a) He misses his dad and does not want his mother to try to take her place.
(b) He thinks Posey is trying to trick them.
(c) He thinks believing in Santa is childish.
(d) He believes that believing in Santa is hurting Roberta.

3. What song does Chick recall that his mother liked when he was a child?
(a) This Could Be the Start of Something Big.
(b) Puppy Love.
(c) Paper Roses.
(d) Are You Lonesome Tonight?

4. What does the main character think the narrator wants to know about him?
(a) Why he attempted suicide.
(b) Why he left his familiy.
(c) Why he drank and drove.
(d) Why his mother died.

5. What does the narrator see that draws her to the place where she will meet the main character of the novel?
(a) Kids in purple t-shirts pitching and hitting.
(b) Old men tossing a ball around.
(c) Kids playing on the beach.
(d) A flower filled cemetery.

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 Chick find in the refrigerator of his mother's long empty house?

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

4. Why did Posey begin working as a hairstylist when Chick was a child?

5. How many visits does Posey tell Chick she must make that day?

(see the answer key)

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