The Natural Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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The Natural Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sam dream that foretells what will happen to him?

3. Why does Memo ride in the night with Roy without using headlights?

4. What does Roy and Memo think they need for happiness?

5. How does Harriet respond when Roy says he wants to be the best baseball player ever?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of the pennant game, Pop came to Roy to talk about his being benched. What did he tell Roy?

2. When Roy is in Memo's motel room, and she is talking about Gus, what does say about their relationship? Explain what the true nature of that relationship is.

3. 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?

4. Shortly before the pennant game, what does Pop get angry with Roy about and what does he do about it?

5. What two things did Sam do that showed how much he cared for Roy?

6. When Roy is teased about his bat being white, he makes the comment that it is the bat's true color. What does the color white indicate, and how does this apply to Roy's bat?

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

8. What two things really bother Roy when the doctor tells him he can't play baseball any more?

9. What does Roy do in the night after they lose the pennant game?

10. What does Memo talk about on her ride in the country with Roy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Age is a recurring theme in The Natural. Discuss how age enters into both the story and into the probable author's purpose. Use examples from the novel to prove your point. Include how Roy is alike/different at age fifteen and thirty-four.

Essay Topic 2

Malamud tells us that sometimes when Hobbs watched the baseball come to him before hitting it, he thought it looked like all circles, and he didn't like circles. He made the statement that circles just bring you back to the place you started from. Explain that theme from the novel, coming back to where you started. What examples from the novel illustrate that theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss The Natural as a novel of magical realism. Magical realism is when a realistic novel contains issues that are stranger than life, unreal, or appearing magical. What purpose do instances of magical realism appear to serve in this novel? Give examples from the novel.

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