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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Posey want Chick to do as an adult?
(a) To be a ball player.
(b) To be well educated.
(c) To be a priest.
(d) To take over his father's liquor stores.

2. During a night of heavy drinking, where does Chick decide to go?
(a) Los Angeles, his sister's home.
(b) New York, his daughter's home.
(c) Boston, his wife's hometown.
(d) Pepperville Beach, his hometown.

3. What did the narrator stop to do on the way back to the airport in the Introduction?
(a) Have lunch.
(b) Get some coffee.
(c) Buy an ice cream.
(d) Visit the beach.

4. Why did a librarian tell Chick he could not read 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne?
(a) He did not have a library card.
(b) It was too hard for him.
(c) He was disrespectful to books.
(d) It was to easy for him.

5. How did Roberta hide the carvings she and Chick made in their mother's kitchen table when their mother returned from work?
(a) A gallon of koolaide.
(b) A gallon of apple juice.
(c) A gallon of ice cream.
(d) A gallon of milk.

6. What did Len hope his son would do as an adult?
(a) Become a doctor.
(b) Make the major leagues.
(c) Become a dentist.
(d) Take over his liquor stores.

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

8. What does Chick Benetto blame for the destruction of his marriage?
(a) Infidelity on his part.
(b) Money troubles and her excessive drinking.
(c) Infidelity on her part.
(d) Money troubles and his excessive drinking.

9. 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.

10. Who came to Chick's defense when the librarian refused to allow him to check out the book he wanted?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His friend.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

11. What does Posey say when Chick tells her she died?
(a) He has a wild imgination.
(b) He makes too much of things.
(c) It was a mistake.
(d) It was just a bad dream.

12. What does Posey do with this food?
(a) She serves it for dinner.
(b) She gives it to a poor neighbor.
(c) She eats it herself.
(d) She throws it out.

13. What does Chick think about his visit to his mother two years after her death?
(a) Chick believes he has died.
(b) Chick does not question it at all.
(c) Chick believes he is having an alcohol induced hallucination.
(d) Chick begins to question his perceptions.

14. Who dresses up as Santa on the first Christmas after Len Benetto left his family?
(a) Posey.
(b) Posey's boyfriend.
(c) Miss Thelma.
(d) Chick.

15. Why does Chick claim he did not check on the driver of the truck involved in his accident?
(a) He could see the driver was fine.
(b) He did not have the courage.
(c) He could see the driver was already out of the car and calling the police.
(d) He did not want to be arrested for drunk driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings food to Chick with instructions that he take it home to his family shortly after his parents' divorce?

2. What one thing did Chick notice his parents did together that seemed to make them both happy?

3. Who calls down to Chick from upstairs as he stands in the kitchen of his mother's abandoned house in Section 2, Part 1?

4. Why did the doctor who delivered Chick tell Posey she had to deliver by dinner time?

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

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