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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Willie take it easy in practice?
(a) He is thinking about his sister and cannot concentrate.
(b) He is not feeling very well and is afraid to push himself too hard.
(c) He needs to save him arm, and the team needs to practice hitting.
(d) Everyone else on the team is goofing around, so he decides to do the same.

2. What is Willie doing as he is rushed to the hospital?
(a) He is lying unconscious in the back seat with Jenny and his mother.
(b) He is mumbling incoherently and staring out of the window.
(c) He is holding his head and whimpering in pain.
(d) He is protesting that he is not hurt and does not need to go.

3. Who joins Willie's family on the trip to the lake?
(a) Max Craig and Jenny Blackburn.
(b) Johnny Rivers and Petey Shropshire.
(c) Petey Shropshire and Jenny Blackburn.
(d) Johnny Rivers and Jenny Blackburn.

4. Where do Willie and his father stop during their motorcycle ride?
(a) They stop at Johnny Rivers' house.
(b) They stop at the top of the bluff overlooking the valley.
(c) They stop at their favorite fishing spot on Corbut Creek.
(d) They stop at the baseball field where the team practices.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how much time has passed since Willie's accident?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Jenny give to her aunt to prove that the woman on the religious channel is not really crying?

2. Where has Jenny Blackburn been for the two weeks before school begins?

3. What kind of program brings Cyril Wheat to Coho, Montana?

4. How does Petey Shropshire manage to get on base as often as he does?

5. What does Johnny Rivers do in the bottom of the fifth inning in order to highlight the strength of Willie's pitching?

(see the answer key)

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