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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Posey say to Chick when he asks why she never remarried after her divorce?
(a) Posey said she was happy with her kids and her grandchildren. Life goes by too fast.
(b) Posey said she never met another man who could make her as happy as Len Benetto.
(c) Posey said she never found a man the children would approve of.
(d) Posey said she did not want to change the family dynammic by brining in a stepfather.

2. Why can Posey not find another nursing job?
(a) She was blacklisted by her previous employer.
(b) She no longer liked the work.
(c) There was only one hospital in the county.
(d) She no longer felt she could work the hours required.

3. 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 his mother died.
(d) Why he attempted suicide.

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

5. What does Posey tell Chick this word is supposed to represent?
(a) A prayer for a gentler husband.
(b) A prayer for a baby.
(c) A prayer for money to provide for her children.
(d) A prayer for her children's safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much longer after this injury did Chick continue to play baseball professionally?

2. How did Posey often spend holidays after the divorce?

3. What does Chick Benetto blame for the destruction of his marriage?

4. After a night in which Posey thought she heard an intruder in the night, why does Chick say he will be angry with his mother until he leaves that house?

5. Why does Posey ask Chick to put on his coat after he has finished eating?

(see the answer key)

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