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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roy wish for when the team gets into a major slump?
(a) A coach that could teach him more.
(b) A better relationship with Memo.
(c) A friend, a father, and a home to return to.
(d) Another girlfriend since Memo doesn't like him.

2. What does Pop ask Roy to do after he gets upset with Bump for his poor playing?
(a) He asks him to hit the cover off the ball.
(b) He askes him to help coach Bump to improve his plays.
(c) He asks him to make Bump look worse so he could fire him.
(d) He asks him to bench Bump.

3. How does Pop react to the almost magical quality of Roy's Wonderboy during the first game in which Roy gets to hit?
(a) He becomes optimistic about the team's chances of a win.
(b) He tells Roy is it not legal size and weight, but use it if he can get away with it.
(c) He is afraid the fact that it is homemade might cause it to not be accurate.
(d) He forbids Roy to use it and demands he use the bat chosen by Pop.

4. Roy consistently reaches out for love. Who does he reach out to in the slump before the game in which he pitches?
(a) His teammates.
(b) Harriet Bird.
(c) Memo Paris.
(d) Iris Lemon.

5. What does Roy think of Doc Knobb's help?
(a) He refuses it and leaves the group.
(b) He goes along with it, but doesn't believe it helps.
(c) He believes it helps the team.
(d) He asks for an extra practice session to improve his batting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Roy visit when he becomes depressed?

2. Who does Roy see in the stands while playing a game in Chicago?

3. What offer did The Judge send Memo to tell Roy about?

4. When Red Blow tells Pop that Roy is a "natural" what does that indicate?

5. Who is the only person that Roy thinks really cares about him?

(see the answer key)

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