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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 baseball position does Roy Hobbs try out for?
(a) Catcher.
(b) Left fielder.
(c) Right fielder.
(d) Pitcher.

2. How does Roy feel about The Judge wanting to push Pop out of his job?
(a) He wants to help the team win and save Pop's job.
(b) He really doesn't mind because he doesn't know Pop well.
(c) He wants to get Pop's job when he is pushed out.
(d) He wants to have a better team manager, so is glad The Judge is pushing Pop out.

3. What two things does Roy crave that drives his every action?
(a) He craves the position of coach of the team.
(b) He craves traveling around the country.
(c) He craves banana splits.
(d) Lots of money and to be the best.

4. What does Roy say is the only thing he owes the public?
(a) To tell them about his bat.
(b) To reveal the bets The Judge is making against his own team.
(c) To play the best ball game ever.
(d) To explain what happened to Bump.

5. Who are the two friends that Roy makes with the Knights?
(a) Fowler and Eddie.
(b) Harriet and Memo.
(c) Pop Fisher and Red Blow.
(d) The Judge and Bump Bailey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Roy and Memo go for a drive?

2. What are Bump Bailey's two main vices?

3. What do the fans do when they find out Roy didn't get a raise?

4. What warning does Red give Roy that he ignores?

5. What does Roy promise his fans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that frightens Roy when he and Memo go on their country drive?

2. When Memo comes to Roy's room she talks to him about money and how much it costs to start a good business. Why did she do that, and what else does she tell him?

3. Discuss the ways that The Judge is a hypocrite.

4. A lady in red appears to Roy, but it is not clear if it is in a dream or reality. The lady in red, whether a dream or not, points out something to the reader. What is that fact?

5. How does Roy feel about Iris when he finds out she is a grandmother and what does he do?

6. How does Memo treat Roy after the fans declare him a hero.

7. What purpose does Malamud have for repeatedly using dreams in his story? Why is he employing this technique, and what point of view is it?

8. What happens to Bump when Roy pitches in his place, and why?

9. Fatal or life-changing accidents seem prevalent in this story. Discuss at least two of them.

10. Why does Roy go back to the lake, and what happens to him?

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