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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps Willie from acting like a cocky kid?
(a) Willie's mother has taught him to be gracious and grateful.
(b) Willie's teammates are just as talented as he is.
(c) Wilie's father would not allow it.
(d) Willie does not realize how good he is.

2. Why does Willie not question Lisa when she tells him to ask Lacey for a hundred and forty dollars?
(a) He has come to trust her and knows that she has a reason for not telling him everything.
(b) He knows that he will never actually ask for that much money.
(c) He is afraid of Lisa's temper, so he just does whatever she asks.
(d) He knows that a hundred and forty dollars is nothing to Lacey.

3. What does Willie find inside the school that terrifies him?
(a) A note that threatens to destroy the school builing.
(b) A homemade bomb.
(c) Graffiti spray painted on the walls by the same gang that beat him up the year before.
(d) Broken windows and overturned garbage cans.

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

5. What sport does Johnny suggest for Willie's "new sport"?
(a) Racquetball.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Bowling.
(d) Table tennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jenny make amends for upsetting her aunt?

2. According to Willie's dad, how does a pitcher show respect to a powerful hitter?

3. What is special about this trip to Salmon Lake?

4. Why does Willie linger in the locker room after Jenny's basketball game?

5. Who was the first to find Willie's sister when she died?

(see the answer key)

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