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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. Who came to Chick's defense when the librarian refused to allow him to check out the book he wanted?
(a) His friend.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His teacher.

2. What question does Posey ask Chick that causes him to insist that her being in the kitchen eight years after her death is impossible?
(a) Is Catherine joining them.
(b) Is he dead.
(c) Can he stay all day.
(d) Is he ill.

3. Why did Posey choose a tree to place her prayer in?
(a) The tree was just convenient.
(b) Trees have special meaning in her religion.
(c) Trees spend all day looking up at God.
(d) Trees are God's favorite vegetation.

4. What does Chick stop at a convenience store to buy in Section 1?
(a) Beer.
(b) Soda pop.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.

5. Why did Chick Benetto once wish his mother would leave him alone?
(a) She was too critical.
(b) She was full of too much bad advice.
(c) She was smothering him.
(d) She was rude and unkind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the doctor who delivered Chick tell Posey she had to deliver by dinner time?

3. What does Posey tell Chick this word is supposed to represent?

4. How does Chick react to the announcement that he was a blessing his mother had waited a long time to receive?

5. What song does Chick recall that his mother liked when he was a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Chick Benetto drive toward his home town?

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

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

7. Who tells the narrator about Chick Benetto?

8. When did Chick say he felt he became a Mommy's boy?

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

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

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