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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 one thing did Chick notice his parents did together that seemed to make them both happy?
(a) Drink.
(b) Dance.
(c) Party.
(d) Sing.

2. How did Posey come to find out about the Italian woman?
(a) She saw a picture of the woman in Len Benetto's wallet.
(b) She heard a rumor from a neighbor.
(c) She got a phone call from the woman one day.
(d) She went to Collinswood where Len Benetto bought her a house.

3. What does Chick notice his car ran into and is now stopped underneath?
(a) A billboard for a new breakfast cereal.
(b) A school bus.
(c) A truck.
(d) A billboard for a Chevrolet dealership.

4. What did Miss Thelma do for the Benetto family when Chick was a little boy?
(a) Home repair.
(b) Cleaned.
(c) Cooked.
(d) Babysat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chick admit he continued to play baseball all through his childhood?

2. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?

3. What does Chick think about his visit to his mother two years after her death?

4. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?

5. Who does the narrator claim the story from this novel belongs to?

(see the answer key)

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