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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four, The Left Stuff.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Chance boys know their father's pitching is improving after his surgery?
(a) They continue to hide in the hedge and watch him.
(b) He tells them of his improvement.
(c) They are invited into his shed to watch him practice.
(d) They can tell by the sound of his pitches.

2. What does the Chance family call Hugh's practice in the shed?
(a) Dreamball.
(b) Pitching Practice.
(c) Papa's prayin'.
(d) Shedball.

3. Whom does Peter quote during his speech at the post season baseball banquet?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) W.C. Fields.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Karl Marx.

4. Why does Everett miss the message about Irwin's wedding and draft into the army?
(a) He does not have a phone.
(b) He gets the message, but he forgets about it.
(c) His roomate doesn't give him the message.
(d) He is at a week long sit-in.

5. To apologize to Laura in Book Three, what does Everett give her?
(a) Some chocolates.
(b) A long handwritten letter.
(c) A new family Bible.
(d) A teddy bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grandawma's hero?

2. According to Kincaid, what event signals the real beginning of the Sixties?

3. What nickname does Everett gain during his time at college?

4. What was Hugh's father's profession?

5. What religion is Julie, Peter's high school girlfriend?

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