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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chick Benetto believe he was not invited to this family event?
(a) He does not get along with his extended family.
(b) He does not get along with his ex-wife.
(c) His attitude made him unwelcome.
(d) His drinking made him an embarrassment.

2. What kind of story does the narrator suggest this novel is?
(a) A mystery.
(b) A ghost story.
(c) A romance.
(d) A family drama.

3. Why did the doctor who delivered Chick tell Posey she had to deliver by dinner time?
(a) He did not want her to go hungry.
(b) His wife was making fish sticks.
(c) He had another patient scheduled for surgery.
(d) It cost extra if he had to work through dinner.

4. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?
(a) Chick feels his mother did not stand up enough for him.
(b) Chick feels he let both his parents down.
(c) Chick feels there is no unbalance.
(d) Chick feels he did not stand up enough for his mother.

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

6. What word does Posey show Chick carved into the tree?
(a) Please.
(b) Baby.
(c) Help.
(d) God.

7. Why does Posey ask Chick to repeat himself when he tells her thank you for the meal?
(a) She is surprised by his unusual gratitude.
(b) She wants to savor the words.
(c) She wants to hear his voice.
(d) She is hard of hearing.

8. How did Posey often spend holidays after the divorce?
(a) With friends and neighbors like before.
(b) Throwing parties with just her and the kids.
(c) Working overtime at the hospital.
(d) Going out with all her new boyfriends.

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

10. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?
(a) Writing ghost stories.
(b) Writing mysteries.
(c) Writing romances.
(d) Writing about sports.

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

12. Which did Chick chose to be as a small child, a daddy's boy or a momma's boy?
(a) Momma's boy.
(b) Both.
(c) Neither.
(d) Daddy's boy.

13. Why did Chick Benetto once wish his mother would leave him alone?
(a) She was rude and unkind.
(b) She was smothering him.
(c) She was too critical.
(d) She was full of too much bad advice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supposedly attempted to kill himself/herself?

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

3. Why does Chick refuse to give up baseball even after his father has left the family?

4. Who does Chick call after sneaking out of work in Section 1?

5. Who did Chick one day catch using binoculars to stare in his mother's bedroom windows shortly after the divorce?

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