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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 profession did Chick get into after baseball?
(a) Computer programming.
(b) Business owner.
(c) Coaching.
(d) Sales.

2. After a night in which Posey thought she heard an intruder in the night, why does Chick say he will be angry with his mother until he leaves that house?
(a) He believes it was his mother's fault they were all placed in that danger.
(b) He believes his mother did not protect him well enough.
(c) He believes his father tried to come home and she sent him away.
(d) He believes his mother made up the story of an intruder to hide a boyfriend.

3. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?
(a) She complained about a doctor's inappropriate behavior.
(b) She was not a good nurse.
(c) She distracted the patients.
(d) She was late too often.

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

5. Who is the first woman Chick and Posey visit that day?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Miss Thelma.
(c) Rose.
(d) The Italian woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Len Benetto ever said about Posey to Chick?

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

3. What does Posey tell Chick about how she happens to visit people who are dying?

4. What does Posey say a child who is embarrassed by is mother is?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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