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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suddenly shows up at one of Chick's college baseball games, causing him to fight back emotion?
(a) Miss Thelma.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

2. How late for work was Chick on the Monday morning after receiving the evidence of the family event he missed?
(a) One hour.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Three hours.

3. What does Posey remind Chick to do as he eats?
(a) Eat less.
(b) Eat faster.
(c) Eat slower.
(d) Eat more.

4. What voice does Chick hear as he goes to answer the door in his mother's house after their visit to Rose?
(a) A man claiming to be a police officer.
(b) A bill collector at the door.
(c) An old friend from his childhood.
(d) A ghost calling to his mother.

5. Who brings food to Chick with instructions that he take it home to his family shortly after his parents' divorce?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A couple of nuns.
(c) A local teacher.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Chick one day catch using binoculars to stare in his mother's bedroom windows shortly after the divorce?

2. Who told Chick Benetto she was sorry he did not get a chance to say good-bye before his mother died?

3. Why does Chick say his hometown is called Pepperville Beach?

4. What one word was the only one Chick could manage to say when his mother, who had been dead eight years, entered the kitchen in Section 2: Part 2?

5. What musical object does Chick compare small towns to?

(see the answer key)

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