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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a night in which Posey thought she heard an intruder in the night, why does Chick say he will be angry with his mother until he leaves that house?
(a) He believes his father tried to come home and she sent him away.
(b) He believes it was his mother's fault they were all placed in that danger.
(c) He believes his mother did not protect him well enough.
(d) He believes his mother made up the story of an intruder to hide a boyfriend.

2. What one thing would Chick change about the day his mother died?
(a) That she died alone.
(b) He could have saved her.
(c) That he was not there.
(d) That Maria found her.

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

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

5. How much longer after this injury did Chick continue to play baseball professionally?
(a) Sixteen months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Six years.

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

7. What does Chick learn about this woman that upsets him the most?
(a) She was the reason his father left the family.
(b) She was a sports reporter who could have helped his career.
(c) She was a grandmother he never met.
(d) She gave his father a son.

8. What does Chick consider his best day during his college years?
(a) The day he met Catherine.
(b) The day his father walked back into his life.
(c) The day he was scouted by a professional baseball team.
(d) The day his sister joined him at college.

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

10. What happens when Chick hears the strange voice a third and final time?
(a) Chick sees a white light and is separated from his mother.
(b) Chick returns to reality.
(c) Chick discovers it has all been a dream.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

13. What does Posey tell Chick in a note just after he began college is not a license to be mean to girls?
(a) His financial status.
(b) His athletic ability.
(c) His handsomness.
(d) His intelligence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?

2. What does Posey tell Chick about how she happens to visit people who are dying?

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

4. What does Chick believe about his current circumstances now that he knows he is somewhere in limbo between life and death?

5. What voice does Chick hear as he goes to answer the door in his mother's house after their visit to Rose?

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