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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chick and his sister use to carve their initials into their mother's kitchen table?
(a) Steak knives.
(b) Razor blades.
(c) Pocket knives.
(d) Switchblades.

2. Why does Chick refuse to give up baseball even after his father has left the family?
(a) He likes baseball.
(b) He wants to annoy his mother.
(c) He likes the coach.
(d) He still wants a connection to his father.

3. Why did Posey begin working as a hairstylist when Chick was a child?
(a) She liked to help old ladies look good for their husbands.
(b) She preferred hairstyling to nursing.
(c) She was good at it and she needed a job.
(d) She wanted more flexible hours.

4. What does Posey tell Chick this word is supposed to represent?
(a) A prayer for money to provide for her children.
(b) A prayer for a baby.
(c) A prayer for a gentler husband.
(d) A prayer for her children's safety.

5. 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 ill.
(b) Is Catherine joining them.
(c) Is he dead.
(d) Can he stay all day.

6. Why does Chick tell Roberta the truth about Santa Claus that first Christmas after Len left the family?
(a) He believes that believing in Santa is hurting Roberta.
(b) He thinks believing in Santa is childish.
(c) He misses his dad and does not want his mother to try to take her place.
(d) He thinks Posey is trying to trick them.

7. What sport does the narrator claim the main character once played?
(a) Football.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Basketball.

8. Where does Chick go after he wakes from his fall from the water tower?
(a) To his childhood home.
(b) To his wife's home.
(c) To his daughter's home.
(d) To his current home.

9. What was it that Chick insists his father always had in mind?
(a) A plan.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A scheme to get rich.
(d) A list.

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

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 just a bad dream.
(d) It was a mistake.

12. What meal does Posey fix for Chick in the present as he sits at the kitchen table?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Steak.
(d) Eggs.

13. What does Chick find in the refrigerator of his mother's long empty house?
(a) Food.
(b) A rat.
(c) Stolen computer parts.
(d) Drugs.

14. What does Chick intend to do once he arrives at his destination in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To drink some more.
(c) To speak to his wife.
(d) To speak to his daughter.

15. What meal that Posey makes does Len Benetto often complain she cannot make properly?
(a) Ziti.
(b) Macaroni.
(c) Fettuccini.
(d) Spaghetti.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Chick believe Posey lost all her friends after the divorce?

3. Why did Len Benetto often spend long chunks of time away from his family?

4. Where did Posey met Len Benetto?

5. Who came to Chick's defense when the librarian refused to allow him to check out the book he wanted?

(see the answer keys)

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