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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what name is Willie traveling?
(a) Johnny Rivers.
(b) Tom Seaver.
(c) Willie Weaver.
(d) Louie Banks.

2. How does Willie feel about his meeting with Cyril Wheat?
(a) Willie is not sure how he feels because he is not sure whether he trusts Cyril.
(b) Willie feels completely empty inside and cannot describe his emotions.
(c) Willie is glad that he came and feels relieved to have someone to talk to.
(d) Willie resents the fact that Cyril is making him talk and is angry.

3. How does Willie feel as he watches Jenny play basketball?
(a) Deep down, he wants her to make a mistake.
(b) He wants her to make a great play and win the game.
(c) He really does not care since he has lost interest in sports.
(d) He feels like he is right out on the court with her.

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

5. What causes Willie to sink to the floor of the racquetball court and begin sobbing?
(a) He realizes that his parents are headed for divorce.
(b) Willie realizes that he has not been trying and that he does not want to get better.
(c) He realizes that someone has been watching, and he considers what it must look like to an outsider.
(d) His father throws the racket, and Willie realizes he is a disappointment.

6. How does Johnny Rivers feel about being a junior?
(a) He hates it because he knows it means a lot more homework and responsibility.
(b) He is neutral since the benefits and the challenges seem to be equal.
(c) He hates it and says it is like being in limbo.
(d) He is excited about being an upperclassman.

7. Why do the teachers at school want to put Willie in the Special Ed classes?
(a) They want to protect him from the teasing that he is experiencing in the other classes.
(b) They have tested his IQ and discovered that he is not as smart as he was before the accident.
(c) They are tired of having to help him so much in the regular classes.
(d) They think that something is wrong with his brain because he speaks so slowly.

8. Who joins Willie's family on the trip to the lake?
(a) Johnny Rivers and Petey Shropshire.
(b) Max Craig and Jenny Blackburn.
(c) Petey Shropshire and Jenny Blackburn.
(d) Johnny Rivers and Jenny Blackburn.

9. What advice does Big Will give to Willie regarding his poor pass in the last football game?
(a) "Always visualize the path the ball should take before you release your throw."
(b) "Never do less than your best just because you're playing an inferior team."
(c) "Life is too short to make bad passes."
(d) "Any son of mine will not embarrass me with another poor play like that."

10. According to Willie's dad, how does a pitcher show respect to a powerful hitter?
(a) By waiting to pitch until the batter is fully prepared.
(b) By always giving the powerful batters his best stuff.
(c) By pushing the powerful batters back off the plate with tough pitches.
(d) By walking the powerful batters in order to pitch to a weaker batter.

11. How does Jenny make amends for upsetting her aunt?
(a) She scrubs the kitchen and bathroom floors.
(b) She and her family go to church on a Thursday night in order to "get the devil out" of her.
(c) She pulls weeds in her aunt's garden.
(d) She peels fifty potatoes for the church picnic.

12. How does Willie retaliate after Sal Whitworth hits Johnny?
(a) He charges off the mound and tackles Sal to the ground.
(b) He aims a high fastball right at Sal's head.
(c) He drives a hard fastball into Sal's toe.
(d) He refuses to pitch to Sal.

13. According to Willie, why does Jenny Blackburn always win when they race each other on bicycles?
(a) She has longer legs and can pedal faster.
(b) She moves the finish line so that she is always the first to cross.
(c) She always takes a head start.
(d) Her bicycle is newer and has more gears.

14. Where does Willie take Jenny when he wants to try to change their relationship?
(a) To the bleachers at the football field.
(b) To his fishing hole.
(c) To a bluff overlooking the river.
(d) To the baseball field.

15. 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 irritates the pitchers until they hit him with a pitch.
(c) He is a powerful hitter with a high batting average.
(d) He is small and crouches down so that his strike zone is small, so pitchers walk him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie leave behind in the snow when he leaves school?

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

3. How does Cyril Wheat explain Willie's feelings toward Jenny?

4. Why does Jenny jump into the water after Willie's accident?

5. In what way has Willie's accident affected the way that he views Marty?

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