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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 is the one thing Len Benetto ever said about Posey to Chick?
(a) She was unfaithful.
(b) She was a nag.
(c) She was selfish.
(d) She was a hardheaded woman.

2. How much longer after this injury did Chick continue to play baseball professionally?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Sixteen months.
(d) Six weeks.

3. Who is the Italian woman that Posey and Chick go to visit last?
(a) Len Benetto's mother.
(b) Len Benetto's sister.
(c) Len Benetto's wife.
(d) Len Benetto's cousin.

4. From what team is the scout Chick meets after a game one day during college?
(a) Chicago White Socks.
(b) Pittsburg Pirates.
(c) Texas Rangers.
(d) St. Louis Cardinals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chick say about this person his mother brags about while doing Rose's hair?

2. What does Miss Thelma say will be her legacy after she dies?

3. What does Chick notice as he, his mother, and Miss Thelma drive through town?

4. What would Posey tell her children when they would ask about patients she cared for who had died?

5. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the two days at college Chick shares with the reader?

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

9. Who gave Chick his nickname?

10. To whom does Posey take Chick to visit after dinner?

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