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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Posey say to Chick when he asks why she never remarried after her divorce?
(a) Posey said she was happy with her kids and her grandchildren. Life goes by too fast.
(b) Posey said she never met another man who could make her as happy as Len Benetto.
(c) Posey said she did not want to change the family dynammic by brining in a stepfather.
(d) Posey said she never found a man the children would approve of.

2. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?
(a) The president was shot.
(b) There was an accident on the highway.
(c) Someone jumped from the water tower.
(d) A bank had been robbed.

3. What did this caller in Section 4: Part 1 want from Chick?
(a) To offer him a job.
(b) To give Posey a message.
(c) To play in an old-timers ball game.
(d) To sell him insurance.

4. Why would Chick pick up Roberta after school every day shortly after the divorce?
(a) It was more convenient for him to do it.
(b) Roberta insisted.
(c) Posey was just too embarrassing.
(d) Their mother was working.

5. What does Chick intend to do once he arrives at his destination in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) To speak to his wife.
(b) To kill himself.
(c) To speak to his daughter.
(d) To drink some more.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Posey lose her job at the hospital?

3. Why can Posey not find another nursing job?

4. What does Posey say children often do when they are hurting?

5. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?

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