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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. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?
(a) A private balcony.
(b) A diving board.
(c) A water tower.
(d) A shopping mall.

2. What question does Posey ask Chick that causes him to insist that her being in the kitchen eight years after her death is impossible?
(a) Is he dead.
(b) Is Catherine joining them.
(c) Can he stay all day.
(d) Is he ill.

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) There are no people out and about.
(c) The town has changed since he last visited.
(d) Old people are everywhere and they all seem to know his mother.

4. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?
(a) The president was shot.
(b) A bank had been robbed.
(c) There was an accident on the highway.
(d) Someone jumped from the water tower.

5. What would Chick like to do with those he loves as he sits talking to the narrator?
(a) Offer what little money he has.
(b) Keep them at a distance.
(c) Explain about his alcoholism.
(d) Make things right.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chick's mother tell him she will have to take him to his ball game in Section 2: Part 1?

2. What song does Chick recall that his mother liked when he was a child?

3. From what team is the scout Chick meets after a game one day during college?

4. How many visits does Posey tell Chick she must make that day?

5. What does Posey tell Chick this word is supposed to represent?

(see the answer key)

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