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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Posey stop listening to her favorite song?
(a) When the children made fun of her tastes.
(b) When a new song caughter her attention.
(c) When her husband left her.
(d) When it lost its popularity.

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

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

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

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

7. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?
(a) Personal notes and legal papers.
(b) Newspaper articles and death certificates.
(c) A diary.
(d) Personal notes and a journal.

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

9. What does the narrator see that draws her to the place where she will meet the main character of the novel?
(a) Kids playing on the beach.
(b) Old men tossing a ball around.
(c) A flower filled cemetery.
(d) Kids in purple t-shirts pitching and hitting.

10. How many visits does Posey tell Chick she must make that day?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

12. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is hung over and depressed.
(c) He is unable to concentrate.
(d) He is called away by a family emergency.

13. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?
(a) Len's drinking.
(b) Religion.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Grammar.

14. How does Chick react to the announcement that he was a blessing his mother had waited a long time to receive?
(a) With shame for all he had done wrong over the past few years.
(b) He wanted a drink.
(c) He hugged his mother.
(d) With pride and humility.

15. What does Chick Benetto receive that informs him of this family event he missed?
(a) A letter.
(b) A newspaper announcement.
(c) Wedding photos.
(d) A delayed invitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Posey say when Chick tells her she died?

2. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?

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

4. What meal does Posey fix for Chick in the present as he sits at the kitchen table?

5. What phrase does Chick feel fits him well?

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