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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 does Posey tell Chick when he confesses his guilt to her on their one more day together?
(a) That he deserves what he gets.
(b) That children should not have to choose between parents.
(c) That she is angry with him for not being there with her.
(d) That all is forgiven and he should forgive himself.

2. What does Posey insist she and Chick do after supper on their one more day together?
(a) Call Roberta.
(b) Walk on the beach.
(c) Make a third visit.
(d) Have desert.

3. What is a short stay in baseball called?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) A glass of milk.
(d) A glass of tequilla.

4. What does Chick say is the best thing that ever happened to him in his career?
(a) He was made salesman of the year.
(b) He played in the Super Bowl.
(c) He played in the World Series.
(d) He played in the All-Star game.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Italian woman that Posey and Chick go to visit last?

2. What does Posey say children often do when they are hurting?

3. What voice does Chick hear as he goes to answer the door in his mother's house after their visit to Rose?

4. What did chick always think was important to a person's memory?

5. Why would Chick pick up Roberta after school every day shortly after the divorce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who encouraged Chick to drop out of college?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Posey often do for some of the patients in the hospital where she worked as a nurse?

8. Why was Posey fired from her job as a nurse?

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

10. Whose voice does Chick hear as he goes to open the door at his mother's house in Section 3, Part 1?

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