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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a night in which Posey thought she heard an intruder in the night, why does Chick say he will be angry with his mother until he leaves that house?
(a) He believes his mother made up the story of an intruder to hide a boyfriend.
(b) He believes his father tried to come home and she sent him away.
(c) He believes it was his mother's fault they were all placed in that danger.
(d) He believes his mother did not protect him well enough.

2. Why did Chick believe his father stopped coming around after he quit baseball?
(a) Len was ashamed of Chick.
(b) Len did not like Chick's wife.
(c) Baseball was their only connection.
(d) Len moved away.

3. Who suddenly shows up at one of Chick's college baseball games, causing him to fight back emotion?
(a) His father.
(b) Miss Thelma.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

4. Over dinner, what does Chick request his mother tell him about?
(a) Roberta's family.
(b) Miss Thelma's family.
(c) His father's family.
(d) Her family.

5. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?
(a) The president was shot.
(b) Someone jumped from the water tower.
(c) There was an accident on the highway.
(d) A bank had been robbed.

6. How does Posey react when Chick asks if he can be with her if he dies?
(a) God will not allow it.
(b) Now he wants to be with her.
(c) Sure, she would love the company.
(d) No, she does not want him around.

7. How does Chick come to accept the events taking place after he jumped from the water tower?
(a) He called it temporary insanity.
(b) He thinks he is dead.
(c) He thought he had jumped through a time warp.
(d) He decides it is a hallucination and he should go with it.

8. Why does Chick not allow his mother to go up to his dorm room with him?
(a) He does not want her to be oogled by his roommate.
(b) He does not want her in his personal space.
(c) He is afraid she will make a fool of herself.
(d) He is embarrassed by her presence.

9. What does Posey insist she and Chick do after supper on their one more day together?
(a) Have desert.
(b) Walk on the beach.
(c) Make a third visit.
(d) Call Roberta.

10. Who taught Chick how to shave?
(a) A boyfriend of his mother's.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) An uncle.

11. How does Chick Benetto feel that he lost his father?
(a) Chick turned his back on baseball.
(b) Chick was a poor salesman.
(c) Chick drank too much and his father disapproved.
(d) Chick's father disliked Chick's wife.

12. What does Posey find in Chick's room when he is fourteen that causes a battle between the two?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Drugs.

13. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?
(a) She was not a good nurse.
(b) She was late too often.
(c) She distracted the patients.
(d) She complained about a doctor's inappropriate behavior.

14. What day does Chick believe was one of the happiest of his mother's life?
(a) The day he graduated high school.
(b) The day he got married.
(c) The day he began college.
(d) The day he made his first homerun.

15. What does Miss Thelma's family think she is doing?
(a) Working a crossword.
(b) Talking to a friend on the phone.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Making dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Posey come to find out about the Italian woman?

2. What does Chick notice as he, his mother, and Miss Thelma drive through town?

3. What does Chick not want to be, what frightens him about his death?

4. What did Miss Thelma do for the Benetto family when Chick was a little boy?

5. What kind of scholarship did Chick get to help pay for college?

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