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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?
(a) In his wife.
(b) In his mother.
(c) In his sister.
(d) In his daughter.

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

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

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

5. 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 was in a car accident.
(c) His mother fell and broke her hip.
(d) His mother had a heart attack.

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

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

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

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

10. 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 help the mourners let the body go and celebrate the spirit.
(c) To reduce the cost of the funeral.
(d) To keep the mourners from getting bored.

11. What injury did Chick suffer during spring training while playing professional baseball?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) A knee injury.
(c) An elbow injury.
(d) A broken arm.

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

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

14. What does Posey tell Chick when he confesses his guilt to her on their one more day together?
(a) That he deserves what he gets.
(b) That she is angry with him for not being there with her.
(c) That children should not have to choose between parents.
(d) That all is forgiven and he should forgive himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chick say when his mother asks about his wife, Catherine?

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

3. What did chick always think was important to a person's memory?

4. What does Posey tell Chick in a note just after he began college is not a license to be mean to girls?

5. Who does Chick claim was a ghost throughout his childhood?

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