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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. Who notices the narrator in the Introduction as the narrator watches the action going on?
(a) An old man visiting his wife's grave.
(b) A kid building a sand castle.
(c) An old man mowing the grass.
(d) A kid pitching a ball.

2. What does Chick think about his visit to his mother two years after her death?
(a) Chick begins to question his perceptions.
(b) Chick believes he is having an alcohol induced hallucination.
(c) Chick does not question it at all.
(d) Chick believes he has died.

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

4. Who came to Chick's defense when the librarian refused to allow him to check out the book he wanted?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His father.
(c) His friend.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chick sneak out of work in Section 1?

2. What question does Posey ask Chick that causes him to insist that her being in the kitchen eight years after her death is impossible?

3. Who told Chick he could only be a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, not both?

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

5. What did the narrator stop to do on the way back to the airport in the Introduction?

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