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

2. What job does Everett hold to earn money in high school?
(a) Bagging groceries.
(b) Pizza delivery boy.
(c) Mail Courier.
(d) School janitor.

3. What does Kincaid's piggy bank resemble?
(a) Lou Gehrig.
(b) A pig.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) A horse.

4. Who gave Everett the Playboy magazines that Laura finds in his room?
(a) Micah Beal.
(b) Dougy Lee Babcock.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Irwin.

5. What types of books does Peter enjoy reading?
(a) Books about baseball.
(b) Books about World War I.
(c) Scientific books.
(d) Religious books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What privilege does Hugh give the boys after his fight with Laura at the end of Book Two?

2. According to Kincaid, what doe WP stand for?

3. When Hugh plays ball as entertainment for the troops what does he not like about his situation?

4. What pitch does Durham teach Hugh during his tenure in Oklahoma?

5. Where do the Chance boys hide to watch their father's pitching attempts and philosophize together?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the boys name the pitches their father practices in Book Two?

2. How did Papa lose his thumb?

3. As the Chance boys watch their father practice pitching and working against his handicap, what do they learn?

4. What political figure does Kincaid compare Laura and "her Bible" to in Book Three and why?

5. Why does Irwin cuss around Everett?

6. Why does Hugh excuse Irwin from the room when he talks to the boys alone at the end of Book Two?

7. What do the Twins do for Grandawma as a token of their love and affection after she dies?

8. According to Kincaid in Book One, what causes Papa to start up smoking again after he had quit?

9. Why are Irwin and the twins nonplussed by the "incriminating evidence" Elder Babcock and Laura show them against Peter, Everett, and Kincaid?

10. What is Peter's opinion on miracles?

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