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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chick admit he continued to play baseball all through his childhood?
(a) He hoped it would teach him the values his father should have taught him.
(b) He hoped it would help him become rich and famous.
(c) He hoped it would bring his father back into his life.
(d) He hoped it would mean a way out of his mother's house.

2. What song does Chick recall that his mother liked when he was a child?
(a) Paper Roses.
(b) Puppy Love.
(c) This Could Be the Start of Something Big.
(d) Are You Lonesome Tonight?

3. Why does Chick's mother tell him she will have to take him to his ball game in Section 2: Part 1?
(a) His father was gone.
(b) His father had an accident.
(c) His father did not want to.
(d) His father was out of town.

4. What does Chick find in the refrigerator of his mother's long empty house?
(a) Stolen computer parts.
(b) Food.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A rat.

5. What dish does this Italian woman make that Posey thinks Len Benetto always wanted over Posey's version of the same dish?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Macaroni.
(c) Ziti.
(d) Fettucini.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Roberta hide the carvings she and Chick made in their mother's kitchen table when their mother returned from work?

2. Why did Chick believe his father stopped coming around after he quit baseball?

3. How many visits does Posey tell Chick she must make that day?

4. How does Chick Benetto feel that he lost his father?

5. What does Rose say is the only part of her that is still young?

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