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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supposedly played in the World Series?

2. How did Len Benetto propose to Posey?

3. Why did Posey choose a tree to place her prayer in?

4. Who brings food to Chick with instructions that he take it home to his family shortly after his parents' divorce?

5. Why does Chick claim he did not check on the driver of the truck involved in his accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. What offends Chick when a man calls his mother a divorcee?

2. What happens on the way to Chick's hometown?

3. Why is the word please carved into the side of tree?

4. What does Chick say after breakfast that causes his mother to question him?

5. Who tells the narrator about Chick Benetto?

6. Why did Posey refer to Chick as a Daddy's boy?

7. What was Posey's profession at the time of the divorce?

8. What question does the narrator pose at the end of the Introduction?

9. What after school activity did Chick pick even after his father left?

10. What word did Chick's mother help Chick find the definition for despite his father's disapproval of her help?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss ghost stories. Why does the narrator suggest this novel might be a ghost story? Is this novel a ghost story? Who are the ghosts? Are they scary ghosts? Is this novel meant to frighten the reader? Explain. How do the ghosts in this novel change the course of the main character's life? Is this a good change?

Essay Topic 2

Whose voice does Chick hear on the phone at Rose's? When does Chick hear the voice again? Why does Chick believe he is the only one hearing the voice? Where is the voice coming from? Who does the voice belong to? What does this voice represent to Chick? What does Chick do about this voice?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in detail, including examples from the novel:

1) Lessons Chick learned after spending the day with his dead mother

2) The time period in which the novel is set and how that might have influenced the behaviors of characters in the novel, both main characters and minor characters

3) The tone of the novel, including any changes to the tone that might take place as the plot continues to develop

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