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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offer did The Judge send Memo to tell Roy about?
(a) Twenty-five thousand dollars and a raise to throw the pennant game.
(b) The position of coach of the Knights.
(c) Enough money to marry Memo if he would get Pop fired.
(d) Twenty-five thousand dollars and a raise if they won the pennant game.

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

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

4. What advice does Pop give Roy to help him get out of the slump?
(a) To get married to Memo.
(b) To leave Memo and forget her.
(c) To give up his favorite bat and get another.
(d) To try and lose the next game so they can win their bet.

5. What is Max Mercy fixated on?
(a) Reporting baseball stats.
(b) Getting Pop Fisher fired.
(c) The relationship between Memo and Roy.
(d) Finding out Roy's story.

6. What is the name of the lady in the red dress?
(a) Memo Paris.
(b) Victoria Youngberry.
(c) Iris Lemon.
(d) Harriet Bird.

7. What does Max Mercy do to Roy that angers him so much?
(a) He prints a story about Roy's insecurities.
(b) He writes a negative news story about Roy.
(c) He prints a picture of Roy as a clown.
(d) He takes Memo away from Roy.

8. What does Roy hope will happen to him after he agrees to throw the game?
(a) That he won't be able to hit well.
(b) That he will get a home run.
(c) That Iris will be there to watch him.
(d) That he will be benched for the whole game.

9. When Roy visits a fortune teller, what does she tell him?
(a) That he and Memo will soon be married.
(b) That he will hit a homerun in his next game.
(c) That he will soon meet a beautiful brunette.
(d) That he will have a new team scout trying to recruit him.

10. What characteristics does Roy give to age?
(a) Loss of beauty, life, success, and wealth.
(b) The end of his baseball career.
(c) Wisdom and honor.
(d) Achievement of success and wealth.

11. What happens to Roy after he leaves Iris and returns to Memo?
(a) He and Memo get married.
(b) He misses Iris and returns to her.
(c) He decides to leave all women alone.
(d) Memo rejects his romantic attempts.

12. What advice does Memo give Roy to assuage his depression?
(a) To go back home and visit his family.
(b) To forget about baseball forever.
(c) To get married to her and let her take care of him.
(d) To go to a fortune teller.

13. What happens to Roy's bat, Wonderboy, during the last game of the season?
(a) It splits in half.
(b) It proves to be what helps Roy win.
(c) It gets stolen.
(d) Pop takes it away from Roy.

14. How does Roy react to the children among the fans?
(a) He encourages them to be heroes.
(b) He signs autographs for them.
(c) He gives them special attention.
(d) He ignores them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pop say in Chapter 10 that makes Roy's decision even harder?

2. What does Roy need that only Iris seems to understand?

3. In what way does Roy treat Memo and Iris the same?

4. Why is Roy so upset that most people bet on the Knights?

5. What does Roy think he will gain when he becomes the best player ever and gets Memo?

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