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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 the caller say when Chick answers the phone at Rose's house?
(a) He asks for Rose's husband, but he is dead.
(b) He tries to sell Chick life insurance.
(c) He speaks Chick's name and says there was an accident.
(d) He says he is Rose's husband, but her husband is dead.

2. Over dinner, what does Chick request his mother tell him about?
(a) His father's family.
(b) Roberta's family.
(c) Miss Thelma's family.
(d) Her family.

3. Why does Chick lie to his family about a trip out of town on his mother's birthday?
(a) So he can escape a boring party.
(b) So he can see his mistress.
(c) So he can sneak out to get a surprise gift.
(d) So he can play in a baseball game.

4. What request did Posey make for her own funeral after seeing the custom at Jewish funerals?
(a) That the mourners step on a peice of glass before her coffin.
(b) That the mourners bury her before sundown ont he day she died.
(c) That the mourners throw roses on her coffin.
(d) That the mourners throw shovels full of dirt on her coffin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suddenly shows up at one of Chick's college baseball games, causing him to fight back emotion?

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

3. Why does Chick admit he continued to play baseball all through his childhood?

4. Why can Posey not find another nursing job?

5. Who does Posey brag about as she works on Rose's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Chick learn his mother did in order to help pay his college tuition?

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

3. What does Miss Thelma claim will keep her memory alive for years to come?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who gave Chick his nickname?

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