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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 injury did Chick suffer during spring training while playing professional baseball?
(a) A broken arm.
(b) An elbow injury.
(c) A knee injury.
(d) A broken leg.

2. What does Miss Thelma say will be her legacy after she dies?
(a) Her grandchildren's laughter.
(b) Her reputation for hard work.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her friends.

3. What does Rose say when Posey asks about her children?
(a) They come to see her daily.
(b) They are all doing well, but in distant cities.
(c) They check on her once a week, like a chore.
(d) They never come to see her.

4. What question does the narrator pose at the end of the Introduction?
(a) What if you got one day to be whoever you want.
(b) What if you got one day back with a dead loved one.
(c) What if you got one day to repair all your mistakes.
(d) What if you got one day with a lost love.

5. When is the first time Chick heard the word divorcee as a child?
(a) When his father said it after a baseball game.
(b) When his mother said it to a friend.
(c) When his father said it about his mother.
(d) When the housekeeper said it to his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?

2. Why does Posey tell Chick in Section 3: Part 2 that she did not want to ask for money from his father?

3. What did Len hope his son would do as an adult?

4. When did Posey stop listening to her favorite song?

5. What does Chick learn about his mother while he and she are visiting with Miss Thelma?

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