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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. How does Pop react to the almost magical quality of Roy's Wonderboy during the first game in which Roy gets to hit?
(a) He is afraid the fact that it is homemade might cause it to not be accurate.
(b) He becomes optimistic about the team's chances of a win.
(c) He tells Roy is it not legal size and weight, but use it if he can get away with it.
(d) He forbids Roy to use it and demands he use the bat chosen by Pop.

2. What mistake did Pop make that Red tells Roy about?
(a) He forced a player to throw a game.
(b) He gave a really bad call in coaching that caused him to lose.
(c) He embezzled funds from The Judge.
(d) He got caught between bases and caused his team to lose.

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

4. What viewpoint does the author take when he tells us about Roy's declaration and what it might lead to?
(a) Third person.
(b) Omniscient narrator.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) First person.

5. How did Roy obtain his special bat, Wonderboy?
(a) He carved it from a tree that got struck by lightening.
(b) His dad gave it to him as a young boy.
(c) Sam gave it to him when he began representing him.
(d) He got it from a famous player that visited his hometown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major item do the fans give Roy?

2. Where does The Judge get his money?

3. What is the Judge's plans for the Knights?

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

5. What promise does Roy make to Red after he tell him about "Fisher's Flop"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the reaction of the fans when The Judge refuses to give Roy a raise. What do they do?

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

3. What does Iris tell Roy when he says his life has been a series of disappointments?

4. Why did Pop hire Doc Knobb, and what was Roy's opinion of him?

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

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

7. Why is the train significant in Chapter One of the novel? What does it represent about Roy's life?

8. What event happens to cause Roy to get out of his slump (more than hitting a home run).

9. What happens that frightens Roy when he and Memo go on their country drive?

10. What did Roy see immediately after he beat up The Judge and left the tower where he was?

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