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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 does Posey insist she and Chick do after supper on their one more day together?
2. How did Posey come to find out about the Italian woman?
3. What does Miss Thelma say will be her legacy after she dies?
4. 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?
5. How does Chick Benetto feel that he lost his father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Posey often do for some of the patients in the hospital where she worked as a nurse?
2. What do Posey and Chick talk about over dinner?
3. What are the two days at college Chick shares with the reader?
4. On whom does Chick blame the break up of his marriage?
5. Why was Posey fired from her job as a nurse?
6. What job does Chick learn his mother did in order to help pay his college tuition?
7. Who encourages Chick to leave town the day of his mother's birthday? Why?
8. Who does Chick say the ghost in his life truly was?
9. Why did Chick not want his mother to go to his dorm room with him?
10. What happens when Chick hears the strange voice once again?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Chick Benetto. Who is Chick Benetto? How does Chick deal with the death of his mother? How did his father's actions keep Chick from being with his mother at the end of her life? How did Chick feel about this situation? Why? Why did Chick's marriage fall apart? Why did Chick's daughter cut him out of her life? What are the consequences of these actions?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rose and Miss Thelma. Who is Rose? Why is Posey visiting her home? How does Posey know Rose is about to die? What is Posey attempting to do about that fact? Why does Chick not question his mother's apparent knowledge of death? Who is Miss Thelma? In what capacity did she once work for the Benetto family? What business did Posey go into with Miss Thelma? Why do Thelma's grandchildren not see Chick? What does Chick think of this?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Chick's lists. Why does Chick keep a list of the things his mother did to stand up for him and the times he failed to stand up for his mother? What do these lists tell the reader about Chick's relationship with is mother? What do these lists tell the reader about Posey's feelings for her son? Do these lists help Chick in any way? Were these lists kept before or after the accident that brought Chick one more day with his mother?
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