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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What decision does Roy make during the last inning of the pennant game?
(a) To leave baseball forever.
(b) To leave Memo and go to Iris.
(c) To forget his bribe and play well.
(d) To ask Memo to marry him.
2. How many games did the Knights win in a row?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.
3. What does Iris encourage Roy to do?
(a) Sell out to Judge Banner.
(b) Be a good influence on young boys.
(c) Try and get Pop fired.
(d) Stay in baseball one more year.
4. When Roy visits a fortune teller, what does she tell him?
(a) That he will hit a homerun in his next game.
(b) That he will have a new team scout trying to recruit him.
(c) That he and Memo will soon be married.
(d) That he will soon meet a beautiful brunette.
5. What does Iris tell Roy that is almost identical to what Harriet Bird told him?
(a) He is a great hero.
(b) They both declared their love for him.
(c) He is a handsome man.
(d) There is more to life than baseball.
6. Who does Roy think is trying to throw the game because he plays so poorly?
(a) Red Blow.
(b) All of the Knights players.
(c) The pitcher, Fowler.
(d) Bump.
7. Who sends Memo to Roy's motel room?
(a) Gus.
(b) Pop.
(c) The Judge.
(d) Iris.
8. What does Gus suggest in Memo's motel room that makes Roy so angry?
(a) He suggests he can get him lots more money for throwing a game.
(b) He suggests that Roy is taking advantage of Memo.
(c) He suggests that Memo doesn't like him, but likes Max instead.
(d) He suggests that Roy is a sorry ball player.
9. Why can Memo not be the woman Roy needs?
(a) She is too absorbed in her own wants and desires.
(b) Pop forbids them to be together.
(c) Roy doesn't love her.
(d) She is engaged to Bump.
10. Why is Roy so upset that most people bet on the Knights?
(a) Because he wants all the attention.
(b) Because he doesn't believe they can win.
(c) Because he doesn't believe in gambling.
(d) Because he plans to throw the game.
11. What advice does Red Blow, the trainer, give Roy when he is in his bad slump?
(a) To forget Memo and drop her.
(b) To get married to Memo and quit trying to impress her.
(c) To consider what might be on his mind that is worrying him.
(d) To keep his fans in mind and try to please them.
12. How does Roy feel about Iris after he first meets her?
(a) Disappointment that she is not Memo.
(b) He feels finally fulfilled.
(c) She becomes his new love.
(d) He is disgusted at her appearance.
13. What is the reason Roy gets benched the second time (Chapter 6)?
(a) He gets drunk and stays out all night.
(b) He pitches too many balls and not many strikes.
(c) He refuses to give up his bat, Wonderboy.
(d) He strikes out too many times.
14. Why does Roy decide Iris Lemon is not the girl he wants?
(a) She is a grandmother and he is not ready to be a grandfather.
(b) He can't quit thinking about Memo, so decides she is the one.
(c) Pop encourages him to give her up and choose Memo.
(d) She is fat and he likes thin girls like Memo.
15. What happens when Roy sneaks out of the hospital and does some practice batting?
(a) Memo ridicules him.
(b) Pop helps him practice.
(c) He passes out at the plate.
(d) He sees The Judge watching him.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the fans treat Roy when he gets into a playing slump?
2. What does Roy do about the bribe he is offered to throw the game?
3. What is Max Mercy fixated on?
4. What does Roy hope to gain by becoming a superhero, the best ball player ever?
5. What does Roy do to get even with Max Mercy?
This section contains 755 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
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