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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chick say about this person his mother brags about while doing Rose's hair?
(a) She is ashamed of him.
(b) He is a drunk and a loser.
(c) She is not as great as his mother recalls.
(d) She no longer wants to be a part of his life.

2. How long has Chick been sober as he sits talking to the narrator?
(a) Two years.
(b) A month.
(c) One year.
(d) Eight years.

3. What does Chick notice as he, his mother, and Miss Thelma drive through town?
(a) He does not know any of the people they see, young or old.
(b) The town has changed since he last visited.
(c) Old people are everywhere and they all seem to know his mother.
(d) There are no people out and about.

4. Why does Chick lie to his family about a trip out of town on his mother's birthday?
(a) So he can escape a boring party.
(b) So he can sneak out to get a surprise gift.
(c) So he can see his mistress.
(d) So he can play in a baseball game.

5. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?
(a) A car driving in the wrong direction.
(b) His decision to drink.
(c) His decision to go the wrong way down an on ramp.
(d) An animal that jumped in front of his car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?

3. Who does Chick find looking at him as he recovers from his jump in section 1?

4. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?

5. Why did Chick believe his father stopped coming around after he quit baseball?

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