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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what team is the scout Chick meets after a game one day during college?
(a) Pittsburg Pirates.
(b) Chicago White Socks.
(c) Texas Rangers.
(d) St. Louis Cardinals.

2. What is the final thing Posey tells Chick he must love in order to make a marriage work?
(a) His wife.
(b) The marriage itself.
(c) Himself.
(d) His children.

3. Why does Chick recall that his mother barked at a neighborhood dog?
(a) To teach him that you have to show a bully whose boss.
(b) To make his sister laugh.
(c) To make him laugh.
(d) To teach the dog not to mess with people.

4. What does Chick think about his visit to his mother two years after her death?
(a) Chick begins to question his perceptions.
(b) Chick believes he has died.
(c) Chick does not question it at all.
(d) Chick believes he is having an alcohol induced hallucination.

5. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?
(a) She was late too often.
(b) She distracted the patients.
(c) She was not a good nurse.
(d) She complained about a doctor's inappropriate behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Len Benetto propose to Posey?

2. Where does the narrator claim to have found the main character of this novel one Saturday morning?

3. What does Posey tell Chick in a note just after he began college is not a license to be mean to girls?

4. What does the caller say when Chick answers the phone at Rose's house?

5. How late for work was Chick on the Monday morning after receiving the evidence of the family event he missed?

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