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

2. What day does Chick believe was one of the happiest of his mother's life?
(a) The day he made his first homerun.
(b) The day he began college.
(c) The day he got married.
(d) The day he graduated high school.

3. What dish does this Italian woman make that Posey thinks Len Benetto always wanted over Posey's version of the same dish?
(a) Macaroni.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Fettucini.
(d) Ziti.

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

5. When Chick's father asks to drive him home from a college baseball game, what does he do that causes Chick to feel all is right with the world?
(a) Offers to pay for a new glove.
(b) Shows respect for the coach.
(c) Apologizes for leaving the family.
(d) Explains his decision for not seeing Chick throughout his childhood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news does Rose mention she hear on the radio shortly before Posey and Chick come to visit?

3. Where did Chick find his greatest joy during the bleak years after baseball?

4. What does Posey say to Chick when he asks why she never remarried after her divorce?

5. Why does Chick calls his mother a hypocrite when she finds an item hidden in his sock drawer when he is only fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chick hear when he answers the phone at Rose's house?

2. What explanation does Posey give to Chick about how people are dying call her to their sides?

3. What metaphor did Posey often use for the death of her patients when she was a nurse?

4. What does the Italian woman say when she catches sight of Posey and Chick in her mirror?

5. What did Posey often do for some of the patients in the hospital where she worked as a nurse?

6. Who encourages Chick to leave town the day of his mother's birthday? Why?

7. What does Chick admit embarrassed him about his mother as a child?

8. To whom does Posey take Chick to visit after dinner?

9. Why does Posey suggest Len got involved with this second woman while he was in the war, even though he was already engaged to Posey?

10. Who encouraged Chick to drop out of college?

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