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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 Benetto believe he was not invited to this family event?
(a) His attitude made him unwelcome.
(b) His drinking made him an embarrassment.
(c) He does not get along with his extended family.
(d) He does not get along with his ex-wife.

2. What does Posey say when Chick tells her she died?
(a) It was a mistake.
(b) It was just a bad dream.
(c) He makes too much of things.
(d) He has a wild imgination.

3. What does Chick Benetto blame for the destruction of his marriage?
(a) Money troubles and her excessive drinking.
(b) Money troubles and his excessive drinking.
(c) Infidelity on his part.
(d) Infidelity on her part.

4. Who did Chick one day catch using binoculars to stare in his mother's bedroom windows shortly after the divorce?
(a) A couple kids Chick went to school with.
(b) His dad and one of his workers.
(c) A friend of his dad's and his son.
(d) A married neighbor and his son.

5. 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) Can he stay all day.
(c) Is he dead.
(d) Is he ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Chick Benetto she was sorry he did not get a chance to say good-bye before his mother died?

2. What did Chick do about the peeping tom?

3. Why did a librarian tell Chick he could not read 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne?

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

5. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chick say after breakfast that causes his mother to question him?

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

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

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

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

7. To whose wedding is Chick Benetto not invited?

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

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

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

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