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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the final thing Posey tells Chick he must love in order to make a marriage work?
(a) Himself.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife.
(d) The marriage itself.

3. Why would Chick pick up Roberta after school every day shortly after the divorce?
(a) It was more convenient for him to do it.
(b) Posey was just too embarrassing.
(c) Roberta insisted.
(d) Their mother was working.

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

5. What happens when Miss Thelma's grandchildren come into her bedroom?
(a) They can only see Chick.
(b) They cannot see Chick and Posey.
(c) They cannot see Miss Thelma.
(d) They can only see Posey.

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

7. Why does Posey tell Chick in Section 3: Part 2 that she did not want to ask for money from his father?
(a) She did not need any more from him.
(b) She was too proud.
(c) He did not have it.
(d) She did not need money.

8. 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) He does not know any of the people they see, young or old.
(c) The town has changed since he last visited.
(d) There are no people out and about.

9. How did Posey come to find out about the Italian woman?
(a) She saw a picture of the woman in Len Benetto's wallet.
(b) She went to Collinswood where Len Benetto bought her a house.
(c) She heard a rumor from a neighbor.
(d) She got a phone call from the woman one day.

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

11. What does Miss Thelma say will be her legacy after she dies?
(a) Her grandchildren's laughter.
(b) Her reputation for hard work.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her friends.

12. What three things did Posey once tell Chick he needed to be successful?
(a) Hard work, good money, and intelligence.
(b) Belief, hard work, and love.
(c) Good support, lots of money, and love.
(d) Intelligence, hard work, and good support.

13. Who is the first woman Chick and Posey visit that day?
(a) Miss Thelma.
(b) The Italian woman.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Rose.

14. In a note written to Chick on his wedding day, what does Posey say she knows Chick thinks of the notes?
(a) That they are silly.
(b) That they are stupid and a waste of time.
(c) That they are well written.
(d) That they are special.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chick consider his best day during his college years?

2. When Chick's father asks to drive him home from a college baseball game, what does he do that causes Chick to feel all is right with the world?

3. Why can Posey not find another nursing job?

4. From what team is the scout Chick meets after a game one day during college?

5. Who suddenly shows up at one of Chick's college baseball games, causing him to fight back emotion?

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