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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Willie found the money to fund his trip?
(a) He asks to borrow money from his friends.
(b) He withdraws money from his bank account and steals from his parents.
(c) He sells all of his baseball cards.
(d) He takes on a paper route and saves his money for months.

2. Why does Marty offer Willie the pill?
(a) He has always admired Willie and is trying to be his friend.
(b) He does not like Willie and is trying to get him into trouble.
(c) He says it will make him feel better; he should save it for when he really feels bad.
(d) He is hoping that Willie will like it, and he can gain a new customer.

3. What accusation does Willie hurl at Jenny at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) She cheated on him with Jeff Rhodes.
(b) She has only stayed with him because she feels sorry for him.
(c) She has not been supportive or understanding about his problems.
(d) She lied to him about staying with him.

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

5. What observation does Jenny make about Willie's parents?
(a) She says that they seem sad even when they are laughing.
(b) She notices that they do not look directly at one another anymore.
(c) She says that they really love each other, and she wants her marriage to be like that.
(d) She has noticed that they walk more slowly than they used to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Cyril give Willie to help him deal with the dreams that he has been having?

2. How does the bus driver try to help Willie when he realizes that the Jo Boys are after him?

3. Why does Willie feel sad when he is sitting with Jenny at the party?

4. What do Willie and the others at OMLC do on weekends during the first two months of school?

5. Why does Willie not want Jenny Blackburn to call him a baseball hero?

(see the answer key)

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