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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Posey ask Chick to repeat himself when he tells her thank you for the meal?
(a) She is hard of hearing.
(b) She wants to hear his voice.
(c) She wants to savor the words.
(d) She is surprised by his unusual gratitude.

2. Why does the narrator claim they chose to write the novel in another person's voice?
(a) To make it more believable.
(b) To add to the mystery.
(c) To make it more suspenseful.
(d) To make it more romantic.

3. What does Chick Benetto blame for the destruction of his marriage?
(a) Infidelity on his part.
(b) Money troubles and her excessive drinking.
(c) Infidelity on her part.
(d) Money troubles and his excessive drinking.

4. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?
(a) Writing ghost stories.
(b) Writing mysteries.
(c) Writing romances.
(d) Writing about sports.

5. What question does Posey ask Chick that causes him to insist that her being in the kitchen eight years after her death is impossible?
(a) Is he ill.
(b) Is Catherine joining them.
(c) Is he dead.
(d) Can he stay all day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator claim to have found the main character of this novel one Saturday morning?

2. What causes Chick to crash his car in Section 1?

3. What does Chick intend to do once he arrives at his destination in Section 2: Part 1?

4. What did Chick and his sister use to carve their initials into their mother's kitchen table?

5. Who supposedly played in the World Series?

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