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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Chick find looking at him as he recovers from his jump in section 1?
(a) His mother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

2. Why does the narrator tell the reader in the Introduction that they might not believe the story?
(a) The narrator does not believe the story.
(b) The story revolves around the main characters one day visit with his dead mother.
(c) The story is unusual.
(d) The story is not true.

3. Why does Chick's mother tell him she will have to take him to his ball game in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) His father was out of town.
(b) His father did not want to.
(c) His father had an accident.
(d) His father was gone.

4. What does Posey remind Chick to do as he eats?
(a) Eat faster.
(b) Eat slower.
(c) Eat less.
(d) Eat more.

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

6. Why does Chick believe Posey lost all her friends after the divorce?
(a) She became depressed and unplesant to be around.
(b) Everyone sided with Len.
(c) No one wanted to associate with a divorcee.
(d) Other women were threatened by her charm and beauty.

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

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

9. Why does Posey ask Chick to put on his coat after he has finished eating?
(a) She has visits to make.
(b) She wants him to leave her alone.
(c) She is sending him to the store.
(d) She is taking him to the hospital.

10. Who supposedly attempted to kill himself/herself?
(a) Marie Benetto.
(b) Posey Benetto.
(c) Chick Benetto.
(d) Len Benetto.

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

12. 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 ice cream.
(b) A gallon of milk.
(c) A gallon of apple juice.
(d) A gallon of koolaide.

13. Who notices the narrator in the Introduction as the narrator watches the action going on?
(a) An old man mowing the grass.
(b) A kid building a sand castle.
(c) A kid pitching a ball.
(d) An old man visiting his wife's grave.

14. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?
(a) His decision to drink.
(b) His decision to go the wrong way down an on ramp.
(c) An animal that jumped in front of his car.
(d) A car driving in the wrong direction.

15. Who told Chick Benetto she was sorry he did not get a chance to say good-bye before his mother died?
(a) His sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) His ten year old son.
(d) His fourteen year old daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chick do about the peeping tom?

2. Why did Chick Benetto once wish his mother would leave him alone?

3. What meal that Posey makes does Len Benetto often complain she cannot make properly?

4. What kind of story does the narrator suggest this novel is?

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

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