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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Johnny Rivers play?
(a) Short stop.
(b) Catcher.
(c) First baseman.
(d) Left fielder.

2. How does the Crazy Horse Electric game end?
(a) Sal Whitworth pops the ball up, and Johnny Rivers catches it for the last out.
(b) Willie strikes Sal Whitworth out.
(c) Willie catches a line drive and throws the ball to the first baseman for a double play.
(d) Sal Whitworth hits a long fly ball, but Petey Shropshire catches it at the fence.

3. What does Johnny say that finally causes Sal Whitworth to lose his composure?
(a) Johnny makes a comment about Sal's struggle with dyslexia.
(b) Johnny makes a comment about Sal's sister.
(c) Johnny makes a comment about Sal's mother.
(d) Johnny makes a comment about Sal's big nose.

4. How does Petey Shropshire manage to get on base as often as he does?
(a) He is not very powerful, but he is able to hit the ball into the gaps between fielders.
(b) He is small and crouches down so that his strike zone is small, so pitchers walk him.
(c) He is a powerful hitter with a high batting average.
(d) He irritates the pitchers until they hit him with a pitch.

5. When was Willie's first motorcycle ride with his father?
(a) Just after the death of Willie's sister.
(b) After Willie's first baseball game.
(c) This is his first ride with his father.
(d) When Willie was just a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Wilie's final pitch in the Crazy Horse Electric game?

2. What keeps Willie from acting like a cocky kid?

3. How does Petey punish Johnny for telling jokes with bad puns?

4. What question does Willie ask his father when they are practicing in the back yard?

5. Which characters accompany Willie when he goes to speak to Mr. Samson?

(see the answer key)

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