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

2. What profession does the narrator regret telling he/she currently work as?

3. How many visits does Posey tell Chick she must make that day?

4. How late for work was Chick on the Monday morning after receiving the evidence of the family event he missed?

5. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Chick's parents feel the need to get married quickly?

3. What event caused Chick Benetto to lose faith in himself?

4. What impact does the setting have on Chick's family after the divorce?

5. What causes Chick's mother to stop playing her favorite record?

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

7. When is the first time Chick's mother leaves him a special note?

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

9. Who tells the narrator about Chick Benetto?

10. To whose wedding is Chick Benetto not invited?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss symbolism. Chick's father gives him a pair of old shoes that he once used while playing ball. Discuss the significance of these shoes and how the author uses them as a symbol of Chick's life and of his relationship with his father.

Essay Topic 2

Pick one pair of characters and discuss their relationship to one another in detail, using examples from the novel:

1) Chick and Posey

2) Chick and his father

3) Chick and Marie

4) Chick and his wife

5) Chick and his sister

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Point of view

2) The setting

3) Language and meaning

4) The structure, including the use of lists and newspaper announcements throughout the novel.

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