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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. What happens when Chick hears the strange voice a third and final time?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Chick returns to reality.
(c) Chick discovers it has all been a dream.
(d) Chick sees a white light and is separated from his mother.

2. What does Rose say when Posey asks about her children?
(a) They come to see her daily.
(b) They check on her once a week, like a chore.
(c) They never come to see her.
(d) They are all doing well, but in distant cities.

3. What does Posey tell Chick about how she happens to visit people who are dying?
(a) God tells her who to visit.
(b) Posey is called to people she offended in life to make amends as they die.
(c) They think of her and that calls her to their sides.
(d) Posey is a sort of guardian angel who goes to help people make the transition to death easier.

4. What does Miss Thelma say will be her legacy after she dies?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her grandchildren's laughter.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her reputation for hard work.

5. How does Chick Benetto feel that he lost his father?
(a) Chick's father disliked Chick's wife.
(b) Chick turned his back on baseball.
(c) Chick drank too much and his father disapproved.
(d) Chick was a poor salesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Thelma's family think she is doing?

2. Why does Chick lie to his family about a trip out of town on his mother's birthday?

3. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?

4. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?

5. What does Chick consider the worst day of his college career?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chick admit embarrassed him about his mother as a child?

2. Why does Posey suggest Len got involved with this second woman while he was in the war, even though he was already engaged to Posey?

3. What does the Italian woman say when she catches sight of Posey and Chick in her mirror?

4. What does Chick hear when he answers the phone at Rose's house?

5. What do Posey and Chick talk about over dinner?

6. What happens when Chick hears the strange voice once again?

7. Why does Chick suspect he is suffering from temporary insanity?

8. Who does Chick say the ghost in his life truly was?

9. What explanation does Posey give to Chick about how people are dying call her to their sides?

10. Why was Posey not impressed with Chick's baseball scholarship?

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