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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What advice does Big Will give to Willie regarding his poor pass in the last football game?
(a) "Always visualize the path the ball should take before you release your throw."
(b) "Any son of mine will not embarrass me with another poor play like that."
(c) "Life is too short to make bad passes."
(d) "Never do less than your best just because you're playing an inferior team."
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 observation does Jenny make about Willie's parents?
(a) She has noticed that they walk more slowly than they used to.
(b) She says that they seem sad even when they are laughing.
(c) She notices that they do not look directly at one another anymore.
(d) She says that they really love each other, and she wants her marriage to be like that.
4. Why does Cyril tell Willie that he doesn't "do dreams"?
(a) Cyril admits that he does not understand dream analysis.
(b) Cyril has not completed that part of his therapy training yet.
(c) Cyril is joking with Willie, trying to make him feel at ease.
(d) Cyril does not believe that the dreams are important.
5. When Cyril asks Willie to share, at what part of the story does he want him to begin?
(a) Anywhere he would like to begin.
(b) At the beginning, of course.
(c) At the middle and then work both ways.
(d) At the end, and then work backward.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Willie plan to tell the therapist (Cyril Wheat) as he is waiting in the office?
2. What is Willie doing as he is rushed to the hospital?
3. Where does Willie stay his first night in Oakland?
4. How does Sal Whitworth try to distract Willie while he is pitching?
5. According to Willie's dad, how does a pitcher show respect to a powerful hitter?
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