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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Joy to the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three things do Laura and Hugh fight about in Book One that prompts her to take the twins up to Spokane?
(a) Medical care, religion, and disciplining the boys.
(b) Money, religion, and beer.
(c) Laundry, money, and what color to paint the house.
(d) Baseball, television, and money.

2. What is Roy's favorite pastime?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Football.

3. What event prompts Hugh Chance to start smoking?
(a) Getting kicked off the high school baseball team.
(b) The death of his father.
(c) The death of his dog.
(d) His first no-hitter.

4. What do the Chance boys call Grandawma's dog?
(a) Marion.
(b) Gomorrah.
(c) Pullman.
(d) Dog.

5. What is Laura's mother's name?
(a) Emily.
(b) Marion.
(c) Dotty.
(d) Beryl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hugh go to play ball in Book One?

2. How many different types of pitches does Hugh have according to Everett in Book One, Chapter 1?

3. Which classmate of Kincaid's has a hair lip that causes a speech impediment?

4. What does Irwin want to be when he grows up in Book One?

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

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