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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. What action does Hugh apologize for profusely at the end of Book One?
(a) Being late for work at the mill.
(b) Forgetting to pick up his friend Roy.
(c) Hitting Kinkaid.
(d) Wrecking his vehicle.

2. Why does Hugh build a shed behind their Camas home?
(a) To have a place for his tools.
(b) To have a place for woodworking.
(c) To have a place to practice pitching.
(d) To create excess storage for his growing family.

3. Who drives the Chance family to the hospital after Hugh has been in the accident at the mill?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Papa's friend Roy.
(c) Peter.
(d) Mama.

4. What does Peter give his mother as part of an apology in Book Three?
(a) A new hairbrush.
(b) New lipstick.
(c) A basket of oranges.
(d) A dozen roses.

5. What type of car does Doc Franken drive?
(a) A silver Cadillac.
(b) An old truck.
(c) A white BMW.
(d) A blue Mercedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Grandawma from?

2. How does Irwin lose his rain slicker in Book Two?

3. How does Mama react to Irwin's prayer at the supper table in Book Two?

4. What is the name of the baseball scout that signs Hugh?

5. What does Grandawma give Hugh as a get well gift after this thumb transplant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do some players call Papa "Smoke"?

2. How do the boys name the pitches their father practices in Book Two?

3. How does Hugh compare devotion to professional baseball to devotion to religion?

4. Why doesn't Kincaid go to church with his Mama and siblings in Book One, Chapter 2?

5. Why does Hugh excuse Irwin from the room when he talks to the boys alone at the end of Book Two?

6. As Peter begins to ask and contemplate deep questions in Book Two, where does he turn to seek answers?

7. As the Chance boys watch their father practice pitching and working against his handicap, what do they learn?

8. How does Peter's appearance change after Laura stops doing his domestic duties?

9. Why are Irwin and the twins nonplussed by the "incriminating evidence" Elder Babcock and Laura show them against Peter, Everett, and Kincaid?

10. How did Papa lose his thumb?

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