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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 brings food to Chick with instructions that he take it home to his family shortly after his parents' divorce?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A local teacher.
(c) A priest.
(d) A couple of nuns.

2. Who dresses up as Santa on the first Christmas after Len Benetto left his family?
(a) Chick.
(b) Miss Thelma.
(c) Posey's boyfriend.
(d) Posey.

3. Why does Chick say his hometown is called Pepperville Beach?
(a) It is a play on words regarding a nearby business.
(b) It is a joke among the locals.
(c) Some entrepreneur brought sand to the area to create a beach at the lake.
(d) Someone dreamed of creating a beach there, but never got around to it.

4. Why did Chick and his sister have trouble accepting that their parents were going to get divorced?
(a) They often spoke of separation.
(b) They often fought.
(c) They always got back together.
(d) They often spent time apart.

5. What phrase does Chick feel fits him well?
(a) Tiime will tell.
(b) Poor truant, passionate fool.
(c) Blundering back to God.
(d) Life is a beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What line does Chick Benetto feel he crossed?

2. What did Chick and his sister use to carve their initials into their mother's kitchen table?

3. What did Chick do about the peeping tom?

4. Who supposedly attempted to kill himself/herself?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What impact does the setting have on Chick's family after the divorce?

5. Who tells the narrator about Chick Benetto?

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

7. What one thing does Chick recall always made his parents happy?

8. What happens on the way to Chick's hometown?

9. When is the first time Chick's mother leaves him a special note?

10. Why does Chick return to his family home? What does he find there?

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