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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. What is the name of the baseball scout that signs Hugh?
(a) Bucky Koter.
(b) Piper Becker.
(c) Jan Lacey.
(d) Truman Swinson.

2. Why have Irwin and Linda been unable to marry earlier in the novel?
(a) Irwin could not marry and keep his student elgibility.
(b) Laura forbade Irwin to marry.
(c) Linda was married to someone else.
(d) Linda needed parental permission.

3. What does Hugh tell Kincaid to do to practice for their fishing trip in Book One?
(a) Practice reeling in his line in the kitchen.
(b) Practice concentrating, but concentrate on the baseball game.
(c) Practice casting outside.
(d) Practice tying flies in the living room.

4. What is Peter's reaction to the film shown at school about bombs?
(a) It causes him to faint.
(b) It makes him cry and vomit.
(c) He thinks it's funny and reenacts it for his family that evening.
(d) It makes him upset and angry.

5. What unexpected event ends Irwin's career as a track star?
(a) A hand injury.
(b) An eye injury.
(c) A knee injury.
(d) A shoulder injury.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What three things do Laura and Hugh fight about in Book One that prompts her to take the twins up to Spokane?

3. What position does Hugh think that Everett should play?

4. Whom does Peter quote during his speech at the post season baseball banquet?

5. What does the Chance family call Hugh's practice in the shed?

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