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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 called Posey's house one afternoon while Chick was there in Section 4: Part 1?

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

3. When Chick's father asks to drive him home from a college baseball game, what does he do that causes Chick to feel all is right with the world?

4. What did chick always think was important to a person's memory?

5. What did Chick's fourteen-year-old daughter write in the memory book at her grandmother's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Chick hears the strange voice once again?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What do Posey and Chick talk about over dinner?

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

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

9. What does Chick admit embarrassed him about his mother as a child?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Death

2) Suicide

3) Father-Son Relationships

4) Mother-Son Relationships

Essay Topic 2

Discuss baseball. Why does Chick decide to go out for baseball? Why does Chick continue to play baseball? Why does Chick not tell his mother that his father comes to his college baseball games? Why does Chick leave college to play professional baseball? How does Posey feel about Chick making this choice? Does this baseball career give Chick the life he wants? Why or why not? Why does Chick finally decide to quit baseball? Why does Chick's father pressure him into playing an old-timers game? What is significant about this game?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Posey. What is Posey's real name? What is her profession? How does Chick feel when he learns that his mother cleaned houses to help pay for his college tuition? Why is Chick surprised by this? What does this choice say about Posey and her love for her children? What does this choice say about Posey's life after her divorce? Why did Posey stop working as a nurse? What does that say about Posey's morals? About the morals of others? Why did Posey never remarry?

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