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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the day that Chick wanted back?
(a) The birth of his daughter.
(b) The day he quit baseball.
(c) The day his father left.
(d) His mother's seventy-ninth birthday.

3. What did chick always think was important to a person's memory?
(a) The children he left behind.
(b) The caliber of profession that followed his name.
(c) His surname.
(d) The woman he married.

4. What is a short stay in baseball called?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) A glass of milk.
(c) A glass of tequilla.
(d) A cup of tea.

5. What does Chick consider the worst day of his college career?
(a) The day he flunked out.
(b) The day he dropped out to become a professional ball player.
(c) The day his sister dropped out.
(d) The day his father stopped coming to his games.

6. Who called Posey's house one afternoon while Chick was there in Section 4: Part 1?
(a) Rose.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Miss Thelma.
(d) Len Benetto.

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

8. How did Catherine react two weeks after Posey's death to Chick's confession regarding the fake business trip?
(a) It no longer mattered.
(b) That he deserved to feel guilty.
(c) That he should have told her the truth to begin with.
(d) That he should go back and leave them alone.

9. Why can Posey not find another nursing job?
(a) There was only one hospital in the county.
(b) She no longer felt she could work the hours required.
(c) She was blacklisted by her previous employer.
(d) She no longer liked the work.

10. What does Rose say when Posey asks about her children?
(a) They check on her once a week, like a chore.
(b) They come to see her daily.
(c) They are all doing well, but in distant cities.
(d) They never come to see her.

11. What does Chick learn about his mother on his fake business trip that makes him regret leaving?
(a) His mother has cancer.
(b) His mother had a heart attack.
(c) His mother was in a car accident.
(d) His mother fell and broke her hip.

12. What does Posey tell Chick about how she happens to visit people who are dying?
(a) God tells her who to visit.
(b) They think of her and that calls her to their sides.
(c) Posey is called to people she offended in life to make amends as they die.
(d) Posey is a sort of guardian angel who goes to help people make the transition to death easier.

13. Why does Chick lie to his family about a trip out of town on his mother's birthday?
(a) So he can sneak out to get a surprise gift.
(b) So he can see his mistress.
(c) So he can escape a boring party.
(d) So he can play in a baseball game.

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

15. Why does Chick calls his mother a hypocrite when she finds an item hidden in his sock drawer when he is only fourteen?
(a) She looks at pornography.
(b) She smokes.
(c) She does drugs.
(d) She drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final thing Posey tells Chick he must love in order to make a marriage work?

2. What injury did Chick suffer during spring training while playing professional baseball?

3. What does Chick learn about this woman that upsets him the most?

4. What did this caller in Section 4: Part 1 want from Chick?

5. Over dinner, what does Chick request his mother tell him about?

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