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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. What did the narrator later find that added to the narrator's information used to write this novel?
(a) Personal notes and a journal.
(b) Newspaper articles and death certificates.
(c) A diary.
(d) Personal notes and legal papers.

2. What meal that Posey makes does Len Benetto often complain she cannot make properly?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Fettuccini.
(c) Ziti.
(d) Macaroni.

3. What did Posey and Len fight about most often when Chick was a child?
(a) Religion.
(b) Len's drinking.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Baseball.

4. Why does Chick believe Posey lost all her friends after the divorce?
(a) Everyone sided with Len.
(b) No one wanted to associate with a divorcee.
(c) Other women were threatened by her charm and beauty.
(d) She became depressed and unplesant to be around.

5. What does Posey remind Chick to do as he eats?
(a) Eat more.
(b) Eat less.
(c) Eat slower.
(d) Eat faster.

Short Answer Questions

1. In section 1, from what object does Chick decide to jump?

2. Why does Chick refuse to give up baseball even after his father has left the family?

3. What family event was Chick Benetto not invited to?

4. Who does Chick find looking at him as he recovers from his jump in section 1?

5. What does Chick feel is unbalanced in the lists he made regarding his and his mother's love for one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whose wedding is Chick Benetto not invited?

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

3. Why did Chick's parents feel the need to get married quickly?

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

5. What game does the narrator learn that Chick Benetto once played as a professional player?

6. What offends Chick when a man calls his mother a divorcee?

7. Why is the word please carved into the side of tree?

8. What is Posey's reaction to Chick's insistence that her presence in the house is impossible?

9. Why does Chick Benetto drive toward his home town?

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

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