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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detail about their baseball caps do Willie and his friends want Mr. Samson to change?
(a) They want him to change the color.
(b) They want him to buy a lighter-weight cap.
(c) They want him to change the rose logo.
(d) They want him to buy a more comfortable style.

2. What is wrong with Wilie's final pitch in the Crazy Horse Electric game?
(a) He throws so hard that he tears the tendons in his elbow.
(b) His delivery is off, the pitch does not drop and he lands unbalanced.
(c) His pitch is supposed to be a fast ball, but it does not have enough speed.
(d) He pitches it into the dirt.

3. What position does Johnny Rivers play?
(a) Short stop.
(b) Left fielder.
(c) Catcher.
(d) First baseman.

4. When was Willie's first motorcycle ride with his father?
(a) This is his first ride with his father.
(b) Just after the death of Willie's sister.
(c) When Willie was just a baby.
(d) After Willie's first baseball game.

5. What does Johnny Rivers do in the bottom of the fifth inning in order to highlight the strength of Willie's pitching?
(a) He soaks his catching hand in ice between batters.
(b) He falls over backward when one of Willie's pitches hits his glove.
(c) He stuffs his catcher's mitt with socks because he says Willie is throwing so hard.
(d) He begs Willie to take it easy on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the death of Willie's sister?

2. How does Willie feel when he rides with his father on the motorcycle?

3. What keeps Willie from acting like a cocky kid?

4. Why does Willie take it easy in practice?

5. How does the crowd react to the end of the Crazy Horse Electric game?

(see the answer key)

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