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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roy think about his ability to play after his stay in the hospital?
(a) He is sure he is well enough to play.
(b) He thinks he is out of his slump.
(c) He is afraid he will pass out.
(d) He thinks he can't even hit the ball.

2. What does Roy do to get even with Max Mercy?
(a) He breaks up his relationship with Memo.
(b) He tells Pop Fisher a lie about Max and gets him thrown out of the stadium.
(c) He pretends to be a German waiter and spills stuff all over Max.
(d) He hits him with his baseball bat.

3. What does Pop say in Chapter 10 that makes Roy's decision even harder?
(a) That he knows how good a player Roy is and is depending on him.
(b) That he knows Roy is a hero and above throwing a game.
(c) That he is entitled to win the pennant game and will then retire.
(d) That he will tell Memo to now marry him if they lose.

4. What does Roy need that only Iris seems to understand?
(a) To go back home to family.
(b) To have a father figure in his life.
(c) To be the all-time baseball hero.
(d) To be morally as good as he is as a baseball player.

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

6. Who does Roy see in the stands while playing a game in Chicago?
(a) His father whom he hasn't seen in years.
(b) A baseball scout for another team.
(c) A lady in a red dress standing and cheering for him.
(d) Fans that are cheering for him.

7. When a man meets with Roy before a game, what does he request?
(a) That Roy autograph his son's bat.
(b) That Roy use another bat beside Wonderboy.
(c) That Roy throw the game so he will win his bet.
(d) That Roy hit a homerun for his sick boy.

8. What is the reason Roy gets benched the second time (Chapter 6)?
(a) He strikes out too many times.
(b) He refuses to give up his bat, Wonderboy.
(c) He gets drunk and stays out all night.
(d) He pitches too many balls and not many strikes.

9. After Roy gets sick, what does he dream about?
(a) Memo wiping his brow with a cool cloth.
(b) Striking out in the pennant game.
(c) Eating dead birds.
(d) A train coming through his room.

10. Who is the only person that Roy thinks really cares about him?
(a) His first coach and trainer.
(b) The brunette in the red dress that stands in the bleachers.
(c) His family who his hasn't seen in several years.
(d) Memo.

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

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

13. 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.

14. How does Roy feel about Iris after he first meets her?
(a) He feels finally fulfilled.
(b) He is disgusted at her appearance.
(c) She becomes his new love.
(d) Disappointment that she is not Memo.

15. In making his decision whether or not to accept The Judge's offer, what is the one thing Roy considers?
(a) If he could maybe get more money from The Judge.
(b) If it was really wrong or not.
(c) What Iris would think of him if he did accept it.
(d) If doing so would help him win Memo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Roy at the party on the night before the game that determines the winner of the pennant?

2. How do the fans treat Roy when he gets into a playing slump?

3. What does Roy do about the bribe he is offered to throw the game?

4. What does Roy wish for when the team gets into a major slump?

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

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