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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 phrase does Chick feel fits him well?
(a) Tiime will tell.
(b) Life is a beach.
(c) Poor truant, passionate fool.
(d) Blundering back to God.

2. Where does Chick go after he wakes from his fall from the water tower?
(a) To his childhood home.
(b) To his wife's home.
(c) To his daughter's home.
(d) To his current home.

3. What happens when Miss Thelma's grandchildren come into her bedroom?
(a) They cannot see Miss Thelma.
(b) They can only see Posey.
(c) They can only see Chick.
(d) They cannot see Chick and Posey.

4. Who notices the narrator in the Introduction as the narrator watches the action going on?
(a) An old man mowing the grass.
(b) A kid building a sand castle.
(c) A kid pitching a ball.
(d) An old man visiting his wife's grave.

5. What does Miss Thelma's family think she is doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Talking to a friend on the phone.
(c) Working a crossword.
(d) Making dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was it that Chick insists his father always had in mind?

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 injury did Chick suffer during spring training while playing professional baseball?

5. What did Miss Thelma do for the Benetto family when Chick was a little boy?

(see the answer key)

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