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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. Why does Chick claim he did not check on the driver of the truck involved in his accident?
(a) He could see the driver was already out of the car and calling the police.
(b) He did not want to be arrested for drunk driving.
(c) He could see the driver was fine.
(d) He did not have the courage.

2. Who does Chick call after sneaking out of work in Section 1?
(a) His ex-wife, Catherine.
(b) His father, Len.
(c) His daughter, Marie.
(d) His mother, Posey.

3. Why did Posey begin working as a hairstylist when Chick was a child?
(a) She wanted more flexible hours.
(b) She liked to help old ladies look good for their husbands.
(c) She was good at it and she needed a job.
(d) She preferred hairstyling to nursing.

4. What does the narrator claim to have spent part of her career doing?
(a) Writing about sports.
(b) Writing romances.
(c) Writing mysteries.
(d) Writing ghost stories.

5. Why does Posey ask Chick to put on his coat after he has finished eating?
(a) She is taking him to the hospital.
(b) She is sending him to the store.
(c) She wants him to leave her alone.
(d) She has visits to make.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does the narrator regret telling he/she currently work as?

2. Who told Chick he could only be a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, not both?

3. What line does Chick Benetto feel he crossed?

4. How late for work was Chick on the Monday morning after receiving the evidence of the family event he missed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Chick see when he jumps from the water tower?

4. Why does the narrator in the Introduction say you might call this novel a ghost story?

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

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

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

8. What does Chick say after breakfast that causes his mother to question him?

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

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

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