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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roy dream of the first night with the Knights as he drifts off to sleep?
(a) About pitching a perfect game.
(b) About trains and the shooting by Harriet Bird.
(c) About being named MVP.
(d) About winning the next game.

2. What happens when Pop lets Roy pitch in Bump's place?
(a) Bump helps Roy by practicing pitching with him, but gets hurt during the practice.
(b) Bump tries to destroy Roy's reputation as a baseball player.
(c) Bump tries to be a hero and fractures his skull at the wall trying to catch a ball.
(d) Bump cheers Roy on even though he knows he has lost his pitching position.

3. What is in the bassoon case that Roy carries on the train?
(a) A bassoon.
(b) A set of tools.
(c) His bat.
(d) A rifle.

4. Why does "The Whammer" reject Roy?
(a) He doesn't like baseball.
(b) He has heard that Roy threw a baseball game.
(c) He is jealous of Harriet and Roy.
(d) He thinks Roy is inexperienced.

5. How does Harriet respond when Roy says he wants to be the best baseball player ever?
(a) She reassures him that she knows he will be.
(b) She shoots him.
(c) She cheers him on.
(d) She ridicules him for his frivilous ambitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roy consistently reaches out for love. Who does he reach out to in the slump before the game in which he pitches?

2. Why does Bump Bailey get away with ridiculing both the coach and anyone else who crosses him?

3. How does Roy relate to Pop?

4. What does Roy's teammates on the Knights think of his special bat?

5. What happens at the carnival when the train stops there?

(see the answer key)

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