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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 is in the bassoon case that Roy carries on the train?
(a) His bat.
(b) A bassoon.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A set of tools.

2. What is the relationship between Gus and Memo?
(a) She has not relationship with him at all.
(b) She says he is like a father to her.
(c) She is in love and plans to marry him.
(d) She hates him.

3. Where does The Judge get his money?
(a) No one knows.
(b) From players whom is he blackmailing.
(c) From gambling.
(d) From ticket sales to Knights games.

4. What does Roy reveal to Harriet?
(a) That he wants to be the best baseball player ever.
(b) That he plans to kill Sam.
(c) That he plans to throw a baseball game.
(d) That he is in love with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roy say is the only thing he owes the public?

2. How does Roy hit baseballs in the game?

3. Roy consistently reaches out for love. Who does he reach out to in the slump before the game in which he pitches?

4. What American tendency does Malamud say The Judge and Gus take advantage of?

5. What two places does Roy tell the train porter he has visited?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things did Sam do that showed how much he cared for Roy?

2. What problem does Pop Fisher have with his pitcher, Fowler, and how does that affect the games?

3. Discuss the dreams of Roy and the failures he has experienced up to this point.

4. Discuss Memo's reaction to Roy and how is changed over the course of this chapter (Chapter 4).

5. Explain the term "fair weather fan" and how the term relates to the novel.

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

7. 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.

8. 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?

9. Why does Roy go back to the lake, and what happens to him?

10. What two things really bother Roy when the doctor tells him he can't play baseball any more?

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