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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of scholarship did Chick get to help pay for college?
(a) An academic scholarship.
(b) A baseball scholarship.
(c) A track scholarship.
(d) A football scholarship.

2. What does Chick say when his mother asks about his wife, Catherine?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He lies, saying she is sick.
(c) They split up.
(d) He lies, saying they are still together.

3. Over dinner, what does Chick request his mother tell him about?
(a) Her family.
(b) Roberta's family.
(c) His father's family.
(d) Miss Thelma's family.

4. Why did Posey say she wanted to include a unique Jewish custom at her own funeral?
(a) To reduce the cost of the funeral.
(b) To keep the mourners from getting bored.
(c) To help the mourners let the body go and celebrate the spirit.
(d) To add something unique to her funeral.

5. What does Chick say about this person his mother brags about while doing Rose's hair?
(a) She is not as great as his mother recalls.
(b) He is a drunk and a loser.
(c) She is ashamed of him.
(d) She no longer wants to be a part of his life.

6. What does Miss Thelma's family think she is doing?
(a) Working a crossword.
(b) Talking to a friend on the phone.
(c) Making dinner.
(d) Sleeping.

7. Why does Chick calls his mother a hypocrite when she finds an item hidden in his sock drawer when he is only fourteen?
(a) She smokes.
(b) She looks at pornography.
(c) She drinks.
(d) She does drugs.

8. What does Posey tell Chick when he confesses his guilt to her on their one more day together?
(a) That all is forgiven and he should forgive himself.
(b) That children should not have to choose between parents.
(c) That he deserves what he gets.
(d) That she is angry with him for not being there with her.

9. What does Posey find in Chick's room when he is fourteen that causes a battle between the two?
(a) Pornography.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Alcohol.

10. What does Chick learn about this woman that upsets him the most?
(a) She was the reason his father left the family.
(b) She was a sports reporter who could have helped his career.
(c) She gave his father a son.
(d) She was a grandmother he never met.

11. What injury did Chick suffer during spring training while playing professional baseball?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) A knee injury.
(c) An elbow injury.
(d) A broken arm.

12. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?
(a) In his sister.
(b) In his wife.
(c) In his daughter.
(d) In his mother.

13. What does Chick learn about his mother while he and she are visiting with Miss Thelma?
(a) That his mother lived with Miss Thelma for a short time in the past.
(b) That Miss Thelma is a distant relative.
(c) That his mother and Miss Thelma cleaned houses together.
(d) That his mother paid for Miss Thelma's cancer treatments.

14. What is the one thing Len Benetto ever said about Posey to Chick?
(a) She was a hardheaded woman.
(b) She was unfaithful.
(c) She was a nag.
(d) She was selfish.

15. What does Chick learn about his mother on his fake business trip that makes him regret leaving?
(a) His mother was in a car accident.
(b) His mother has cancer.
(c) His mother fell and broke her hip.
(d) His mother had a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request did Posey make for her own funeral after seeing the custom at Jewish funerals?

2. What does Chick believe about his current circumstances now that he knows he is somewhere in limbo between life and death?

3. What does Chick consider the worst day of his college career?

4. What profession did Chick get into after baseball?

5. What does the caller say when Chick answers the phone at Rose's house?

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