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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 Chick recall that his mother barked at a neighborhood dog?
(a) To teach him that you have to show a bully whose boss.
(b) To make him laugh.
(c) To make his sister laugh.
(d) To teach the dog not to mess with people.

2. 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?
(a) Why.
(b) Impossible.
(c) How.
(d) Mom.

3. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?
(a) A diving board.
(b) A water tower.
(c) A shopping mall.
(d) A private balcony.

4. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?
(a) Len's drinking.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Religion.

5. Why does Posey ask Chick to put on his coat after he has finished eating?
(a) She wants him to leave her alone.
(b) She is taking him to the hospital.
(c) She is sending him to the store.
(d) She has visits to make.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Chick recall that his mother liked when he was a child?

2. Why did the narrator come to Pepperville Beach?

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

4. What does Chick Benetto receive that informs him of this family event he missed?

5. Where does Chick go after he wakes from his fall from the water tower?

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