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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 could see the driver was already out of the car and calling the police.
(b) He could see the driver was fine.
(c) He did not want to be arrested for drunk driving.
(d) He did not have the courage.

2. What does Posey do with this food?
(a) She gives it to a poor neighbor.
(b) She throws it out.
(c) She serves it for dinner.
(d) She eats it herself.

3. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?
(a) Writing ghost stories.
(b) Writing mysteries.
(c) Writing romances.
(d) Writing about sports.

4. Why does Posey ask Chick to put on his coat after he has finished eating?
(a) She is taking him to the hospital.
(b) She wants him to leave her alone.
(c) She is sending him to the store.
(d) She has visits to make.

5. Who supposedly played in the World Series?
(a) The old man at the cemetery.
(b) Len Benetto.
(c) The old man at the beach.
(d) Chick Benetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of story does the narrator suggest this novel is?

2. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?

3. How did Posey often spend holidays after the divorce?

4. Why does Chick believe Posey lost all her friends after the divorce?

5. What meal does Posey fix for Chick in the present as he sits at the kitchen table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator say the story belongs to Chick Benetto?

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

3. What did the narrator later find belonging to Chick Benetto that was used in writing this book?

4. What word did Chick's mother help Chick find the definition for despite his father's disapproval of her help?

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

6. What draws Chick's attention to the table top in his mother's kitchen as his mother treats his wounds?

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

8. What was Posey's profession at the time of the divorce?

9. Why did Chick's parents feel the need to get married quickly?

10. Why does the narrator in the Introduction say you might call this novel a ghost story?

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