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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 does Chick find looking at him as he recovers from his jump in section 1?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

2. Why did the doctor who delivered Chick tell Posey she had to deliver by dinner time?
(a) His wife was making fish sticks.
(b) He did not want her to go hungry.
(c) He had another patient scheduled for surgery.
(d) It cost extra if he had to work through dinner.

3. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?
(a) A car driving in the wrong direction.
(b) His decision to go the wrong way down an on ramp.
(c) An animal that jumped in front of his car.
(d) His decision to drink.

4. Where does Chick go after he wakes from his fall from the water tower?
(a) To his childhood home.
(b) To his current home.
(c) To his daughter's home.
(d) To his wife's home.

5. What was it that Chick insists his father always had in mind?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A plan.
(c) A list.
(d) A scheme to get rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Len hope his son would do as an adult?

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

3. What profession does the narrator regret telling he/she currently work as?

4. During a night of heavy drinking, where does Chick decide to go?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. To whose wedding is Chick Benetto not invited?

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

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

6. Why did Posey refer to Chick as a Daddy's boy?

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

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

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

10. What reason does Posey give for dumping food given to the family by nuns down the disposal?

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