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

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

3. During a night of heavy drinking, where does Chick decide to go?
(a) Los Angeles, his sister's home.
(b) Pepperville Beach, his hometown.
(c) Boston, his wife's hometown.
(d) New York, his daughter's home.

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

5. Who did Chick one day catch using binoculars to stare in his mother's bedroom windows shortly after the divorce?
(a) A couple kids Chick went to school with.
(b) His dad and one of his workers.
(c) A married neighbor and his son.
(d) A friend of his dad's and his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Posey ask Chick to repeat himself when he tells her thank you for the meal?

2. When is the first time Chick heard the word divorcee as a child?

3. In a note written to Chick on his wedding day, what does Posey say she knows Chick thinks of the notes?

4. What does Posey say when Chick tells her she died?

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

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