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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the carnival when the train stops there?
(a) Roy and Sam stop and play some carnival games.
(b) Roy strikes out the "Whammer."
(c) Roy gets a job as a "hawker."
(d) The passengers on the train eat at a concession booth.

2. Who is Max Mercy?
(a) A sports writer.
(b) A coach who was on the train with Roy.
(c) An Olympic athlete.
(d) Harriet Bird's jealous husband.

3. How does Harriet respond when Roy says he wants to be the best baseball player ever?
(a) She shoots him.
(b) She cheers him on.
(c) She ridicules him for his frivilous ambitions.
(d) She reassures him that she knows he will be.

4. Why does Bump Bailey get away with ridiculing both the coach and anyone else who crosses him?
(a) He owns the majority of shares in the team.
(b) He is the leading pitcher for the team.
(c) He is a fighter and others are afraid of him.
(d) He is so well-liked that others ignore his mean nature.

5. What does Roy dream of the first night with the Knights as he drifts off to sleep?
(a) About winning the next game.
(b) About being named MVP.
(c) About trains and the shooting by Harriet Bird.
(d) About pitching a perfect game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Roy so good at baseball?

2. How does Roy feel about Bump Bailey?

3. By what name does Roy call his personal bat?

4. What is in the bassoon case that Roy carries on the train?

5. How does Roy feel about playing for the Knights when he first puts on his baseball cap for them?

(see the answer key)

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