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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Willie feel safe on the motorcycle with his father?
(a) Willie knows that his father is a cautious driver.
(b) Willie believes that his father is immortal.
(c) Willie's father has never had an accident before.
(d) Willie and his father are wearing helmets.

2. How has Willie changed over the twelve months before the novel begins?
(a) He has learned to appreciate the gifts he has been given.
(b) He has gotten bigger, stronger, and better.
(c) His voice has become squeaky and his face is full of acne.
(d) He has learned that there is more to life than baseball.

3. How does the umpire respond after Sal Whitworth hits Johnny?
(a) He throws Sal out of the game for unsportsmanlike conduct.
(b) He gives Sal a warning and threatens to throw him out.
(c) He tells Johnny that he deserved it, and he had better be quiet now.
(d) He calls both coaches over and asks them to control their players.

4. What caused the death of Willie's sister?
(a) She fell down the stairs and broke her neck.
(b) She died in a house fire.
(c) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
(d) She was strangled by the cords on the blinds on her window.

5. At what point did Willie's mother stop fishing with them?
(a) After the death of Willie's sister.
(b) When Willie became a teenager.
(c) After Willie was born.
(d) When Willie's sister was born.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the crowd react to the end of the Crazy Horse Electric game?

2. Why does Willie have trouble asking Jenny to be his girlfriend?

3. What is Willie's first mistake of the Crazy Horse Electric game?

4. How old is Willie Weaver at the beginning of the novel?

5. What nickname does Johnny Rivers use to refer to Willie?

(see the answer key)

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