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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many visits does Posey tell Chick she must make that day?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

2. Where does Chick go after he wakes from his fall from the water tower?
(a) To his current home.
(b) To his childhood home.
(c) To his wife's home.
(d) To his daughter's home.

3. When did Posey stop listening to her favorite song?
(a) When a new song caughter her attention.
(b) When her husband left her.
(c) When it lost its popularity.
(d) When the children made fun of her tastes.

4. Who brings food to Chick with instructions that he take it home to his family shortly after his parents' divorce?
(a) A local teacher.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A couple of nuns.
(d) A priest.

5. What does Posey do with this food?
(a) She eats it herself.
(b) She serves it for dinner.
(c) She throws it out.
(d) She gives it to a poor neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chick tell Roberta the truth about Santa Claus that first Christmas after Len left the family?

2. Why does Chick recall that his mother barked at a neighborhood dog?

3. Why did Posey begin working as a hairstylist when Chick was a child?

4. What did Posey want Chick to do as an adult?

5. What musical object does Chick compare small towns to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact does the setting have on Chick's family after the divorce?

2. What reason does Posey give for dumping food given to the family by nuns down the disposal?

3. What phrase does Chick feel describes him completely?

4. Why did Posey refer to Chick as a Daddy's boy?

5. Who tells the narrator about Chick Benetto?

6. What question does the narrator pose at the end of the Introduction?

7. What one thing does Chick recall always made his parents happy?

8. What was Posey's profession at the time of the divorce?

9. What after school activity did Chick pick even after his father left?

10. Why does the narrator say the story belongs to Chick Benetto?

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