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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chick claim he did not check on the driver of the truck involved in his accident?
(a) He did not want to be arrested for drunk driving.
(b) He did not have the courage.
(c) He could see the driver was already out of the car and calling the police.
(d) He could see the driver was fine.

2. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?
(a) Chick feels he let both his parents down.
(b) Chick feels his mother did not stand up enough for him.
(c) Chick feels he did not stand up enough for his mother.
(d) Chick feels there is no unbalance.

3. What does Chick intend to do once he arrives at his destination in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) To speak to his daughter.
(b) To kill himself.
(c) To drink some more.
(d) To speak to his wife.

4. What musical object does Chick compare small towns to?
(a) Clarinet reed.
(b) Metronome.
(c) Violin string.
(d) Piano key.

5. What did Len hope his son would do as an adult?
(a) Take over his liquor stores.
(b) Become a dentist.
(c) Make the major leagues.
(d) Become a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Chick and his sister have trouble accepting that their parents were going to get divorced?

2. Why does Chick Benetto believe he was not invited to this family event?

3. Who does the narrator claim the story from this novel belongs to?

4. When is the first time Chick heard the word divorcee as a child?

5. What meal that Posey makes does Len Benetto often complain she cannot make properly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What after school activity did Chick pick even after his father left?

2. What causes Chick's mother to stop playing her favorite record?

3. What game does the narrator learn that Chick Benetto once played as a professional player?

4. Why is the word please carved into the side of tree?

5. What offends Chick when a man calls his mother a divorcee?

6. To whose wedding is Chick Benetto not invited?

7. Why did Chick have a problem with how his mother would leave him at school?

8. What is Posey's reaction to Chick's insistence that her presence in the house is impossible?

9. What event caused Chick Benetto to lose faith in himself?

10. What question does the narrator pose at the end of the Introduction?

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