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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iris say is the only way to find happiness?
(a) Through suffering.
(b) Through friends.
(c) Through success at baseball.
(d) Through hard work.

2. Who is Sam Simpson?
(a) A newspaper reporter.
(b) Roy's father.
(c) A baseball pitcher.
(d) Roy's professional scout.

3. What is Roy's reaction when The Judge shows up in his motel room?
(a) He is afraid of The Judge.
(b) He is surprised because Memo had just left.
(c) He cries and tells him he is afraid of losing Memo.
(d) He threatens to call the FBI.

4. Who does Doc Knobb accuse of causing the team to lose?
(a) He accuses The Judge of requiring Roy to throw the game.
(b) He accuses Roy of throwing the games.
(c) He accuses the whole team of being sorry players.
(d) He accuses Pop Fisher, and gets him fired.

5. What does Iris tell Roy that is almost identical to what Harriet Bird told him?
(a) He is a great hero.
(b) There is more to life than baseball.
(c) They both declared their love for him.
(d) He is a handsome man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the Pirates' starting pitcher that pits Roy against a new pitcher?

3. What reason does Roy give for not wanting to talk about his past?

4. By what name does Roy call his personal bat?

5. How does Memo Paris react when Bump dies?

(see the answer key)

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