View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?
(a) A bank had been robbed.
(b) Someone jumped from the water tower.
(c) There was an accident on the highway.
(d) The president was shot.

2. How does Posey react when Chick asks if he can be with her if he dies?
(a) Now he wants to be with her.
(b) Sure, she would love the company.
(c) God will not allow it.
(d) No, she does not want him around.

3. What is the final thing Posey tells Chick he must love in order to make a marriage work?
(a) His wife.
(b) The marriage itself.
(c) Himself.
(d) His children.

4. Why did Posey say she wanted to include a unique Jewish custom at her own funeral?
(a) To keep the mourners from getting bored.
(b) To add something unique to her funeral.
(c) To help the mourners let the body go and celebrate the spirit.
(d) To reduce the cost of the funeral.

5. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?
(a) In his sister.
(b) In his wife.
(c) In his daughter.
(d) In his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a note written to Chick on his wedding day, what does Posey say she knows Chick thinks of the notes?

2. What does Chick not want to be, what frightens him about his death?

3. What does Chick learn about his mother while he and she are visiting with Miss Thelma?

4. What does Posey insist she and Chick do after supper on their one more day together?

5. What does Rose say when Posey asks about her children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who encourages Chick to leave town the day of his mother's birthday? Why?

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

4. What metaphor did Posey often use for the death of her patients when she was a nurse?

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

6. What did Marie write in the memory book at her grandmother's funeral?

7. What does Chick claim he does not want to be?

8. What do they call a short stay in professional baseball?

9. On whom does Chick blame the break up of his marriage?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 813 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample