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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry's response to Katie's threat in Chapter 12?
(a) He refuses to acknowledge it.
(b) He counters with a threat to tell Bruce why she is marrying him.
(c) He counters with a threat to tell the police about her activities.
(d) He laughs with confidence.

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

3. What is Red's response to Henry's book?
(a) He thinks it does not have enough about Henry.
(b) He thinks it does not have enough about insurance.
(c) He thinks it does not have enough about Bruce.
(d) He thinks it does not have enough about baseball.

4. How many games is the team playing in Boston in Chapter 17?
(a) Two.
(b) A few.
(c) One.
(d) Several.

5. Why does Henry think it is gloomy to play in Boston?
(a) There are not enough fans in the park.
(b) The fans are not very nice there.
(c) There is a longer distance to the plate for pitching.
(d) There is bad weather at the park.

6. What is the name of the person that Henry is talking to in the elevator in Chapter 14?
(a) David.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jim.
(d) Rick.

7. Which game does Henry play in before hearing that Holly is in labor?
(a) The National League Championship.
(b) The World Series.
(c) The All-Star Game.
(d) The American League Championship.

8. When does Bruce leave to go home to Georgia?
(a) After the World Series is over.
(b) After the first game of the World Series.
(c) Halfway through the World Series.
(d) Before the first game of the World Series.

9. How does Katie leave in Chapter 12?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Embarrassingly.
(d) Angrily.

10. Which of the players are drinking during the party in Chapter 16?
(a) Everyone except Henry.
(b) None of them.
(c) Everyone except Henry and Goose.
(d) Everyone.

11. How can Henry tell that Sid might know about Bruce's condition?
(a) Sid is unusually talkative.
(b) Sid's kind attitude.
(c) The questions Sid is asking.
(d) Sid's quietness.

12. What play's title do other team members use to tease Henry and Bruce?
(a) Cymbeline.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Antony and Cleopatra.
(d) Much Ado About Nothing.

13. Who is Goose arguing with about the bullets in the gun at the party in Chapter 16?
(a) Henry.
(b) Horse.
(c) Piney.
(d) Dutch.

14. Who is sending Bruce false letters from the insurance company?
(a) Both Holly and Henry.
(b) It is not revealed.
(c) Holly.
(d) Henry.

15. How does Sid respond to the comparison between him and a famous baseball player?
(a) He is unaware of the comparison.
(b) It inspires him.
(c) It frustrates him.
(d) It flatters him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry decide that he is finished teasing people?

2. How are the flowers selected to send to the funeral for Bruce's mother?

3. Why is Dutch not at the practice in Chapter 14?

4. Besides catching, which other aspect of the game does Red teach Bruce?

5. Who does Henry inadvertently tell about Bruce's condition in Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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