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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. How many players offer to get Bruce a jacket when he says he is cold during a game?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

2. How does Holly react to Henry's idea of only pretending to change the beneficiary of Bruce's insurance?
(a) She disagrees.
(b) She thinks there is another way.
(c) She is going to think about it.
(d) She agrees.

3. What is Henry's response to Katie's offer in Chapter 12?
(a) He becomes angry.
(b) He ignores it.
(c) He says he will think about it.
(d) He rejects it.

4. Besides his cowboy attire, which musical instrument does Piney have with him in Chapter 15?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) A mandolin.
(c) A banjo.
(d) A guitar.

5. What does Dutch do when he sees Piney wearing a gun belt?
(a) He confiscates the gun and belt.
(b) He removes the bullets.
(c) He confiscates the gun, belt, and bullets.
(d) He confiscates the gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Dutch ban in Chapter 9?

2. How long after the attack is Bruce's birthday?

3. What disappoints Henry about Bruce's funeral?

4. What does Bruce ask Henry to send him?

5. Who tells Dutch about Bruce's condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which question does Dutch repeatedly ask Bruce, and why?

2. How is the title of the book explained in Chapter 15?

3. When does Bruce leave the team to go back home?

4. What is the difference in the way several players are treating Bruce since knowing about his illness?

5. How is the team doing with the new coaching and awareness of Bruce's condition?

6. What causes Bruce to ask Henry to change his insurance policy?

7. Why is it particularly significant that Henry chews tobacco with Bruce?

8. What happens after a rained out game when Bruce goes to the hospital?

9. Why are the players complaining about time, and how does Bruce respond to their complaints?

10. Who selects the flowers to send to the funeral for Bruce's mother, and why?

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