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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What baseball position does Roy Hobbs try out for?
(a) Pitcher.
(b) Left fielder.
(c) Catcher.
(d) Right fielder.

2. What headlines in the newspaper catches Sam's attention?
(a) The murder of two athletes.
(b) The sports news headlines for the Chicago Cubs.
(c) The report of "The Whammer's" successful career.
(d) The change of coaches for the Chicago Cubs.

3. 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 ridicules him for his frivilous ambitions.
(d) She cheers him on.

4. What promise does Roy make to Red after he tell him about "Fisher's Flop"?
(a) To stay away from Red's girlfriend.
(b) To not tell Pop about Red's revelation of his mistake.
(c) To play his best if Pop puts him in.
(d) To always be his friend.

5. What happens to Roy because of Doc Knobb's help?
(a) He is benched for refusing to accept it.
(b) He gets into an argument because one of the players doesn't believe it helps.
(c) He leaves the team because Doc's help didn't work for him.
(d) He becomes the best batter in history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Roy so good at baseball?

2. Who is Gus Sands?

3. What American tendency does Malamud say The Judge and Gus take advantage of?

4. What happens to Roy that Max Mercy finds out when he comes back to the motel?

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

(see the answer key)

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