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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. Why does Chick admit he continued to play baseball all through his childhood?
(a) He hoped it would teach him the values his father should have taught him.
(b) He hoped it would help him become rich and famous.
(c) He hoped it would bring his father back into his life.
(d) He hoped it would mean a way out of his mother's house.

2. What definition of an echo did Chick's mother give him as a child and he remembers while talking to the narrator in the bleachers?
(a) The persistence of sound after the source has stopped.
(b) Sound bouncing off of solid objects.
(c) A sound that never dies.
(d) A reverberation of sound.

3. Who does Chick call after sneaking out of work in Section 1?
(a) His daughter, Marie.
(b) His mother, Posey.
(c) His father, Len.
(d) His ex-wife, Catherine.

4. What kind of scholarship did Chick get to help pay for college?
(a) A baseball scholarship.
(b) A track scholarship.
(c) A football scholarship.
(d) An academic scholarship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator come to Pepperville Beach?

2. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?

3. Who does Posey brag about as she works on Rose's hair?

4. How did Posey come to find out about the Italian woman?

5. Why did Posey choose a tree to place her prayer in?

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