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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What definition of an echo did Chick's mother give him as a child and he remembers while talking to the narrator in the bleachers?
(a) A reverberation of sound.
(b) The persistence of sound after the source has stopped.
(c) Sound bouncing off of solid objects.
(d) A sound that never dies.

2. Who does the narrator claim the story from this novel belongs to?
(a) Pauline 'Posey' Benetto.
(b) Len Benetto.
(c) Maria Benetto.
(d) Charles 'Chick' Benetto.

3. What does Chick say is the best thing that ever happened to him in his career?
(a) He played in the World Series.
(b) He was made salesman of the year.
(c) He played in the Super Bowl.
(d) He played in the All-Star game.

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

5. Who told Chick he could only be a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, not both?
(a) His father, Len Benetto.
(b) His mother, Posey Benetto.
(c) Miss Thelma.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who called Posey's house one afternoon while Chick was there in Section 4: Part 1?

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

3. When Chick's father asks to drive him home from a college baseball game, what does he do that causes Chick to feel all is right with the world?

4. What is Chick's earliest memory of his childhood?

5. When did Posey stop listening to her favorite song?

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