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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Doc Knobb accuse of causing the team to lose?
(a) He accuses Roy of throwing the games.
(b) He accuses Pop Fisher, and gets him fired.
(c) He accuses The Judge of requiring Roy to throw the game.
(d) He accuses the whole team of being sorry players.

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

3. What does Max Mercy find out about Roy at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) That he was denied a raise.
(b) That he really doesn't like baseball, but wants to make a name for himself.
(c) That he loves Memo.
(d) That he is responsible for Bump's death.

4. Why does Memo ride in the night with Roy without using headlights?
(a) They are trying to escape without being noticed.
(b) She didn't know he had the lights off.
(c) She hates the light and loves darkness.
(d) They need to conserve the car battery.

5. What does Roy think of Doc Knobb's help?
(a) He goes along with it, but doesn't believe it helps.
(b) He believes it helps the team.
(c) He asks for an extra practice session to improve his batting.
(d) He refuses it and leaves the group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What viewpoint does the author take when he tells us about Roy's declaration and what it might lead to?

2. How does Pop react to the almost magical quality of Roy's Wonderboy during the first game in which Roy gets to hit?

3. How does Harriet respond when Roy says he wants to be the best baseball player ever?

4. Who is the coach of the Brooklyn Knights when Roy Hobbs signs on?

5. What does Pop do when he sees Roy and Memo returning to the motel in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of the pennant game, Pop came to Roy to talk about his being benched. What did he tell Roy?

2. Harriet is more of a philosophical thinker than Roy. How did her views of baseball differ from Roy's view?

3. What does Roy reveal to Harriet and what results from that revelation?

4. A lady in red appears to Roy, but it is not clear if it is in a dream or reality. The lady in red, whether a dream or not, points out something to the reader. What is that fact?

5. Sam is on the scene as a character for a very short time. What purpose does he serve as a character?

6. When Roy is teased about his bat being white, he makes the comment that it is the bat's true color. What does the color white indicate, and how does this apply to Roy's bat?

7. What advice does Red Blow give Roy that is supposed to help him get out of his slump?

8. What happens when Roy goes to visit Memo in her hotel room and finds Gus there?

9. What does The Judge write in his letter to Roy with the $35 thousand?

10. What did Iris tell Roy in her letter, and what was his reaction to it?

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