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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which city does Willie ask the boy to mail his postcards?
(a) Montreal.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Pasadena.

2. What is wrong with Wilie's final pitch in the Crazy Horse Electric game?
(a) His delivery is off, the pitch does not drop and he lands unbalanced.
(b) He throws so hard that he tears the tendons in his elbow.
(c) His pitch is supposed to be a fast ball, but it does not have enough speed.
(d) He pitches it into the dirt.

3. What does Willie plan to tell the therapist (Cyril Wheat) as he is waiting in the office?
(a) He plans to keep quiet and not utter a word.
(b) He plans to explain why he took the pill and ask for help.
(c) He plans to ask him if he can bring his parents to the next session.
(d) Willie plans to tell him that everything is OK now and he does not need help.

4. Where does Willie stay his first night in Oakland?
(a) On the bus driver's couch.
(b) Under an overpass.
(c) In the police station.
(d) In a homeless shelter.

5. Willie's bus ticket will take him to which city?
(a) Portland.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Spokane.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Willie's family on the trip to the lake?

2. What kind of program brings Cyril Wheat to Coho, Montana?

3. Why does Jenny yell and Big Will to "stop it"?

4. What issue does Willie's mom raise about the poor pass?

5. What promise does Cyril make to Willie at the end of Chapter 7?

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