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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Roy feel when the fans began to cheer him on after he gets out of the slump?
(a) He feels like a hero and the best ballplayer ever.
(b) He is afraid they will turn on him because of his gambling.
(c) He doesn't care about them and hardly notices them.
(d) He remembers how they treated him when he was in a slump.

2. Who does Roy visit when he becomes depressed?
(a) His family.
(b) Pop.
(c) A fortune teller.
(d) Max Mercy.

3. What does Max Mercy do that is harmful to Roy?
(a) He blames him publicly for Sam's death.
(b) He tells about his past when he couldn't play baseball.
(c) He writes suspicions about his bat.
(d) He claims he is bad luck to a team.

4. Why does Roy decide Iris Lemon is not the girl he wants?
(a) She is a grandmother and he is not ready to be a grandfather.
(b) She is fat and he likes thin girls like Memo.
(c) Pop encourages him to give her up and choose Memo.
(d) He can't quit thinking about Memo, so decides she is the one.

5. What does Memo tell Roy when he proposes to her?
(a) That she is afraid of being poor.
(b) That she loves Gus.
(c) That she doesn't love him.
(d) That Pop has forbidden her to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Memo's reaction to Bump's death tell the reader, given her lack of relationship with him?

2. What does the Judge do when Roy asks for a raise?

3. What does Roy do to impress Memo and make some money?

4. What advice does Red Blow, the trainer, give Roy when he is in his bad slump?

5. What physical trait does Gus have that makes him unique?

(see the answer key)

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