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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mick's new football coach in eighth grade in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Stimes.
(b) Mr. Rooney.
(c) Mr. Carlson.
(d) Mr. Downs.

2. Who invites Mick to play football with other kids at Crown Hill Park in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Drew Carney.
(b) Matt Drager.
(c) Kaylee Sullivan.
(d) DaShawn Free.

3. What is the name of Mick's father's old football friend who calls in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Buck Johnson.
(b) Ram MacGuiness.
(c) Bull Tinsley.
(d) Steer Williams.

4. Mick's father's old football friend has extra tickets to what game in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) The Cardinals.
(b) The Mariners.
(c) The Orioles.
(d) The Cubs.

5. Mick secretly fears he won't be good enough, or that he doesn't have the talent like whom in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His brother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mick goes to the 4A Championship where in Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. In what city do Mick and his family live?

3. Mick's father takes him out to teach him what in Part 3, Chapter 4?

4. What does Mick's high school switch over to in Part 3, Chapter 14?

5. Who seeks out Mick and says it that it is horrible what happened to him in Part 3, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author develop the reader's attachment to the team in Part 2, Chapter 9?

2. How have Mick's responsibilities changed in Part 3, Chapter 4?

3. What does the pressure on Mick cause him to begin contemplating in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. What leads Mick to begin taking steroids in Part 4, Chapter 1? What risks does he face in doing so?

5. What does Carlson's prediction signify in Part 3, Chapter 3?

6. How does the author introduce conflict in Part 3, Chapter 10?

7. How does Mick describe his childhood and feelings about his father in Part 1, Chapter 1?

8. How does Mick's father deal with Mick's discovery in Part 1, Chapter 8?

9. What does Mick discover in Part 1, Chapter 7? How does this discovery make him feel?

10. Where does Mick go and consider a personal trainer in Part 3, Chapter 9? What sense does the reader gain from this encounter?

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