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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 position does Johnny Rivers play?
(a) Short stop.
(b) Catcher.
(c) First baseman.
(d) Left fielder.

2. What does Willie think would improve his parents' relationship?
(a) Willie thinks they would be able to mend their lives if he were not around.
(b) Willie thinks they should take a trip, just the two of them.
(c) Willie thinks his parents should go to couple's counseling.
(d) Willie thinks they should just sit down and talk about their problems.

3. When Cyril asks Willie to share, at what part of the story does he want him to begin?
(a) At the beginning, of course.
(b) At the end, and then work backward.
(c) Anywhere he would like to begin.
(d) At the middle and then work both ways.

4. Why does Jenny yell and Big Will to "stop it"?
(a) He is sobbing uncontrollably.
(b) He is banging his head against the side of the boat.
(c) He is trying to grab for Willie while she is performing CPR.
(d) She wants him to catch the boat, which is slowly idling away from them.

5. How old is Willie Weaver at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Seventeen and a half years old.
(b) Twelve years old.
(c) Fourteen years old.
(d) Sixteen years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps Willie from acting like a cocky kid?

2. How does Willie retaliate after Sal Whitworth hits Johnny?

3. What is Willie's first mistake of the Crazy Horse Electric game?

4. Who was the first to find Willie's sister when she died?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how much time has passed since Willie's accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johnny Rivers react to the news that Willie and Jenny are dating?

2. Why does the umpire not reprimand Sal Whitworth for hitting Johnny Rivers?

3. Why does Willie decide to wait for the bus at the bench even though the gang is there, too.

4. Why does Big Will get angry with Willie on the racquetball court?

5. How does Willie react to the graffiti left by the Jo Boys?

6. What steps does Willie take to make sure that no one will be able to find him?

7. Why does Willie's father react with anger when Willie returns?

8. How does Cyril Wheat make Willie feel comfortable enough to start talking?

9. Why does Willie write the four postcards that he asks the boy at the station to send for him?

10. Why does Willie run in the dark?

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