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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Posey say children often do when they are hurting?
(a) Torture their siblings.
(b) Hurt others.
(c) Act out in school.
(d) Hide their feelings.

4. 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 a failure.
(c) That he will be remembered as ordinary.
(d) That he will be remembered as the man who alienated his child.

5. What profession did Chick get into after baseball?
(a) Business owner.
(b) Computer programming.
(c) Sales.
(d) Coaching.

6. From what team is the scout Chick meets after a game one day during college?
(a) Pittsburg Pirates.
(b) St. Louis Cardinals.
(c) Chicago White Socks.
(d) Texas Rangers.

7. What is the one thing Len Benetto ever said about Posey to Chick?
(a) She was a nag.
(b) She was unfaithful.
(c) She was selfish.
(d) She was a hardheaded woman.

8. What does Posey stress to Chick as being the most important thing in his life while he is college?
(a) An education.
(b) Sports.
(c) His health.
(d) Making money.

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

10. What does Chick believe about his current circumstances now that he knows he is somewhere in limbo between life and death?
(a) That he is dying.
(b) That he is already dead.
(c) That he has had a mental breakdown.
(d) That he is really hallucinating.

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

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

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

14. Why did Miss Thelma call Chick chickadoodle-do?
(a) He had a stutter that made he talk strangely.
(b) He often screamed for people from the backyard.
(c) He often walked all over people.
(d) He looked like a rooster.

15. 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) Intelligence, hard work, and good support.
(d) Good support, lots of money, and love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Chick pick up Roberta after school every day shortly after the divorce?

2. Why does Chick not allow his mother to go up to his dorm room with him?

3. How does Chick Benetto feel that he lost his father?

4. Why does Chick admit he continued to play baseball all through his childhood?

5. How does Posey react when Chick asks if he can be with her if he dies?

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