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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 does drugs.
(b) She smokes.
(c) She looks at pornography.
(d) She drinks.

2. How did Catherine react two weeks after Posey's death to Chick's confession regarding the fake business trip?
(a) That he deserved to feel guilty.
(b) It no longer mattered.
(c) That he should go back and leave them alone.
(d) That he should have told her the truth to begin with.

3. How does Posey react when Chick asks if he can be with her if he dies?
(a) God will not allow it.
(b) No, she does not want him around.
(c) Now he wants to be with her.
(d) Sure, she would love the company.

4. What does Chick's mother wear the day she drives him to his first day of college?
(a) A purple pantsuit.
(b) A modest dress.
(c) A nursing uniform.
(d) A business suit.

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 no longer wants to be a part of his life.
(d) She is ashamed of him.

6. Why does Chick lie to his family about a trip out of town on his mother's birthday?
(a) So he can play in a baseball game.
(b) So he can escape a boring party.
(c) So he can see his mistress.
(d) So he can sneak out to get a surprise gift.

7. Why did Miss Thelma call Chick chickadoodle-do?
(a) He looked like a rooster.
(b) He often screamed for people from the backyard.
(c) He often walked all over people.
(d) He had a stutter that made he talk strangely.

8. What does Chick notice as he, his mother, and Miss Thelma drive through town?
(a) He does not know any of the people they see, young or old.
(b) Old people are everywhere and they all seem to know his mother.
(c) The town has changed since he last visited.
(d) There are no people out and about.

9. What does Chick not want to be, what frightens him about his death?
(a) That he will be remembered as a failure.
(b) That he will be remembered as a drunk.
(c) That he will be remembered as ordinary.
(d) That he will be remembered as the man who alienated his child.

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

11. 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 played in the All-Star game.
(c) He played in the Super Bowl.
(d) He was made salesman of the year.

12. Why would Chick pick up Roberta after school every day shortly after the divorce?
(a) Roberta insisted.
(b) It was more convenient for him to do it.
(c) Their mother was working.
(d) Posey was just too embarrassing.

13. From what team is the scout Chick meets after a game one day during college?
(a) Texas Rangers.
(b) Pittsburg Pirates.
(c) Chicago White Socks.
(d) St. Louis Cardinals.

14. How does Chick Benetto feel that he lost his father?
(a) Chick was a poor salesman.
(b) Chick's father disliked Chick's wife.
(c) Chick turned his back on baseball.
(d) Chick drank too much and his father disapproved.

15. Who is the first woman Chick and Posey visit that day?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Miss Thelma.
(c) Rose.
(d) The Italian woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Chick not allow his mother to go up to his dorm room with him?

4. What does Posey find in Chick's room when he is fourteen that causes a battle between the two?

5. After a night in which Posey thought she heard an intruder in the night, why does Chick say he will be angry with his mother until he leaves that house?

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