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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Pop due to Doc's influence?
(a) He gets teased constantly.
(b) He wins a big game that helps his morale.
(c) He gets hit by another player.
(d) He gets fired.

2. What does Roy and Memo think they need for happiness?
(a) A dream home and fancy car.
(b) To get to travel together.
(c) People and things.
(d) To win at everything.

3. What does Roy do to impress Memo and make some money?
(a) He sells his story to Max Mercy.
(b) He bets on the next Knights game and wins.
(c) He performs magic tricks.
(d) He take her out to eat and agrees to a second job.

4. How did Roy obtain his special bat, Wonderboy?
(a) He carved it from a tree that got struck by lightening.
(b) Sam gave it to him when he began representing him.
(c) His dad gave it to him as a young boy.
(d) He got it from a famous player that visited his hometown.

5. How does Roy relate to Pop?
(a) Both depended on Red, both were poor, and both played outfield.
(b) Bad luck, media harrassment, and the team's poor standing.
(c) Both played baseball, both loved a woman, and both had no friends.
(d) Both feared The Judge, both were injured in baseball, and both were about to retire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will it take for Roy to be relieved from his suffering?

2. What does Pop ask Roy to do after he gets upset with Bump for his poor playing?

3. What does Memo's reaction to Bump's death tell the reader, given her lack of relationship with him?

4. Why does Bump Bailey get away with ridiculing both the coach and anyone else who crosses him?

5. What happens to Roy that Max Mercy finds out when he comes back to the motel?

(see the answer key)

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