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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Chick not want to be, what frightens him about his death?
(a) That he will be remembered as a failure.
(b) That he will be remembered as the man who alienated his child.
(c) That he will be remembered as a drunk.
(d) That he will be remembered as ordinary.

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

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

6. What does Chick notice as he, his mother, and Miss Thelma drive through town?
(a) Old people are everywhere and they all seem to know his mother.
(b) There are no people out and about.
(c) The town has changed since he last visited.
(d) He does not know any of the people they see, young or old.

7. What does Chick imagine his mother saying to him as he performs the Jewish custom she requested at her funeral?
(a) How could you?
(b) Perfect.
(c) Could you do it a little better?
(d) Good boy.

8. Why did Posey say she wanted to include a unique Jewish custom at her own funeral?
(a) To add something unique to her funeral.
(b) To keep the mourners from getting bored.
(c) To reduce the cost of the funeral.
(d) To help the mourners let the body go and celebrate the spirit.

9. What dish does this Italian woman make that Posey thinks Len Benetto always wanted over Posey's version of the same dish?
(a) Macaroni.
(b) Ziti.
(c) Fettucini.
(d) Spaghetti.

10. Who is the Italian woman that Posey and Chick go to visit last?
(a) Len Benetto's wife.
(b) Len Benetto's sister.
(c) Len Benetto's cousin.
(d) Len Benetto's mother.

11. What does Chick learn about his mother while he and she are visiting with Miss Thelma?
(a) That his mother and Miss Thelma cleaned houses together.
(b) That Miss Thelma is a distant relative.
(c) That his mother paid for Miss Thelma's cancer treatments.
(d) That his mother lived with Miss Thelma for a short time in the past.

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

13. 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 drinks.
(b) She does drugs.
(c) She smokes.
(d) She looks at pornography.

14. Who does Posey brag about as she works on Rose's hair?
(a) Catherine, her daughter-in-law.
(b) Chick, her son.
(c) Marie, her granddaughter.
(d) Roberta, her daughter.

15. What does Chick say when his mother asks about his wife, Catherine?
(a) He lies, saying she is sick.
(b) He lies, saying they are still together.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They split up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chick's mother wear the day she drives him to his first day of college?

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

4. What one thing would Chick change about the day his mother died?

5. What does Posey stress to Chick as being the most important thing in his life while he is college?

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