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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. Why does Chick refuse to give up baseball even after his father has left the family?
(a) He likes the coach.
(b) He likes baseball.
(c) He still wants a connection to his father.
(d) He wants to annoy his mother.

2. What is the one thing Len Benetto ever said about Posey to Chick?
(a) She was a nag.
(b) She was a hardheaded woman.
(c) She was unfaithful.
(d) She was selfish.

3. How many visits does Posey tell Chick she must make that day?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?
(a) In his daughter.
(b) In his mother.
(c) In his sister.
(d) In his wife.

5. What does the caller say when Chick answers the phone at Rose's house?
(a) He tries to sell Chick life insurance.
(b) He says he is Rose's husband, but her husband is dead.
(c) He asks for Rose's husband, but he is dead.
(d) He speaks Chick's name and says there was an accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose say when Posey asks about her children?

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

3. What did Chick and his sister use to carve their initials into their mother's kitchen table?

4. What does Chick not want to be, what frightens him about his death?

5. Why would Chick pick up Roberta after school every day shortly after the divorce?

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