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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Doc Knobb accuse of causing the team to lose?
2. What does Doc Knobb do that is supposed to help the players win?
3. What mistake did Pop make that Red tells Roy about?
4. What does Roy do that gains Memo's approval and laughter?
5. What happens to Sam Simpson?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Roy feel about accepting The Judge's offer and what did he do?
2. 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?
3. Malamud makes a point of mentioning that the Judge has a stuffed shark in his office. Explain the significance of the shark as related to the Judge's personality and how well it fits.
4. Harriet is more of a philosophical thinker than Roy. How did her views of baseball differ from Roy's view?
5. Explain the term "fair weather fan" and how the term relates to the novel.
6. What does Roy reveal to Harriet and what results from that revelation?
7. What is significant about the white rose that Harriet carries?
8. What does The Judge write in his letter to Roy with the $35 thousand?
9. How does Roy respond when the fans begin supporting him during the Knights' wins, after having rejected him all through his slump? How does his reaction change?
10. Discuss the reaction of the fans when The Judge refuses to give Roy a raise. What do they do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Roy starts hitting for the team, his teammates wonder if he is for himself or the team. Discuss whether he is for the team or himself, or whether his allegiance changes over the course of the book. Defend your answer with passages from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Roy agrees to the Judge's crooked proposition to "sell out." What are his motives? Who, or what, is Hobbs selling out for? What are his reasons for selling out? Give examples from the book to defend your views.
Essay Topic 3
The characters in The Natural are all somewhat "damaged." Discuss what this might show about Malamud's outlook on life in general and also on his perspective of baseball. What might the reader surmise from the way Malamud handles the character's weaknesses?
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