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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. Where did Posey met Len Benetto?
(a) At school.
(b) At Galveston beach.
(c) At church.
(d) At Pepperville Lake.

2. The narrator says every family is a what?
(a) A romance.
(b) A joke.
(c) A drama.
(d) A ghost story.

3. How did Posey often spend holidays after the divorce?
(a) Working overtime at the hospital.
(b) Throwing parties with just her and the kids.
(c) With friends and neighbors like before.
(d) Going out with all her new boyfriends.

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

5. What does Posey tell Chick in a note just after he began college is not a license to be mean to girls?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His financial status.
(c) His handsomness.
(d) His athletic ability.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings food to Chick with instructions that he take it home to his family shortly after his parents' divorce?

2. Who notices the narrator in the Introduction as the narrator watches the action going on?

3. Why did Len Benetto often spend long chunks of time away from his family?

4. During a night of heavy drinking, where does Chick decide to go?

5. What does Chick Benetto receive that informs him of this family event he missed?

(see the answer key)

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