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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Willie feel about his meeting with Cyril Wheat?
(a) Willie feels completely empty inside and cannot describe his emotions.
(b) Willie is glad that he came and feels relieved to have someone to talk to.
(c) Willie resents the fact that Cyril is making him talk and is angry.
(d) Willie is not sure how he feels because he is not sure whether he trusts Cyril.

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

3. What kind of program brings Cyril Wheat to Coho, Montana?
(a) The local Lutheran church sponsors him so that he can provide therapy for teens in trouble.
(b) The Salvation Army pays for him to provide therapy to impoverished teenagers.
(c) He is a psychology students from a local college that provides free therapy.
(d) The state of Montana sends him one day per week to five different small towns to provide mental health services.

4. How does the Crazy Horse Electric game end?
(a) Sal Whitworth pops the ball up, and Johnny Rivers catches it for the last out.
(b) Sal Whitworth hits a long fly ball, but Petey Shropshire catches it at the fence.
(c) Willie strikes Sal Whitworth out.
(d) Willie catches a line drive and throws the ball to the first baseman for a double play.

5. Why is Willie on his way to see Coach Williams when he runs into Jenny and Jeff Rhodes?
(a) Coach Williams has asked to see him.
(b) He has decided to quit being the manager for the girls' basketball team.
(c) He left his jacket on the bench after the last game.
(d) He wants to see if he can get some private basketball lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Willie take it easy in practice?

2. What advice does Cyril give Willie to help him deal with the dreams that he has been having?

3. How does Johnny Rivers convince the English teacher to let him tell his joke?

4. What detail about their baseball caps do Willie and his friends want Mr. Samson to change?

5. To what does Cyril compare Willie's accident?

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