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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. What happens to Roy that Max Mercy finds out when he comes back to the motel?
(a) That he plans to quit baseball.
(b) That Memo has dumped him.
(c) That he had a fight with Pop.
(d) That he has a black eye.

2. What does Doc Knobb do that is supposed to help the players win?
(a) He practices with them every day.
(b) He gives them a pep talk before a game.
(c) He gives them steroids to make them stronger.
(d) He hypnotizes them.

3. By what name does Roy call his personal bat?
(a) Wonderboy.
(b) Slam Hitter.
(c) Sam.
(d) He did give it a name.

4. What do the fans do when they find out Roy didn't get a raise?
(a) They petition The Judge to give him one.
(b) They withdraw their support of him and start throwing things at him on the field.
(c) They agree he doesn't deserve it.
(d) They shower him with gifts and declare a Roy Hobbs Day.

5. 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 cheers him on.
(c) She ridicules him for his frivilous ambitions.
(d) She shoots him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gus Sands?

2. What will it take for Roy to be relieved from his suffering?

3. How does Roy relate to Pop?

4. Why does Pop dislike Bump Bailey?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Shortly before the pennant game, what does Pop get angry with Roy about and what does he do about it?

2. What does Memo talk about on her ride in the country with Roy?

3. Why does Roy understand Pop's feelings so well about losing the game for his team? Compare his and Pop's experiences with failure.

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

5. When Roy is in Memo's motel room, and she is talking about Gus, what does say about their relationship? Explain what the true nature of that relationship is.

6. What was Roy's reaction when the young newspaper boy asked him if the headlines were true?

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

8. What does Iris say about Roy's obligation to young boys and why he has that obligation?

9. What does Roy decide to do to change his luck and get out of the great slump he is in?

10. When a man comes to Roy and asks him to hit a home run for his sick child, what is Roy's reaction and what does he tell the man?

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