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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of scholarship did Chick get to help pay for college?
(a) An academic scholarship.
(b) A track scholarship.
(c) A baseball scholarship.
(d) A football scholarship.

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

6. What does Posey say a child who is embarrassed by is mother is?
(a) A child who needs a good spanking.
(b) A child who has not lived long enough.
(c) A child who is selfish.
(d) A child who needs a lesson in virtue.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Posey tell Chick about how she happens to visit people who are dying?
(a) They think of her and that calls her to their sides.
(b) God tells her who to visit.
(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.

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

13. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?
(a) Someone jumped from the water tower.
(b) There was an accident on the highway.
(c) A bank had been robbed.
(d) The president was shot.

14. How does Posey react when Chick asks if he can be with her if he dies?
(a) Sure, she would love the company.
(b) Now he wants to be with her.
(c) God will not allow it.
(d) No, she does not want him around.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose say when Posey asks about her children?

2. What does Chick learn about his mother while he and she are visiting with Miss Thelma?

3. How much longer after this injury did Chick continue to play baseball professionally?

4. What does Miss Thelma say will be her legacy after she dies?

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

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