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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. What ongoing activity does Irwin begin with Doc Franken while the Chance boys work on landscaping his lot?
(a) A water balloon fight.
(b) A card game.
(c) A darts tournament.
(d) An ongoing chess game.

2. Who contacts Durham about Hugh's pitching ability after his surgery?
(a) A local scout in Washington.
(b) Kincaid.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Everett.

3. 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.

4. What action does Hugh apologize for profusely at the end of Book One?
(a) Forgetting to pick up his friend Roy.
(b) Wrecking his vehicle.
(c) Hitting Kinkaid.
(d) Being late for work at the mill.

5. Where do the Chance boys hide to watch their father's pitching attempts and philosophize together?
(a) A secret place in the hedge.
(b) They look out the attic window of their house.
(c) Under the floorboards of the shed.
(d) The rafters of the shed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Officer Hervano give to Irwin after he rescues the dog in Book Two?

2. According to Hugh, what does it mean when a catcher "frames a pitch"?

3. Who is Grandawma's hero?

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

5. Why does Hugh build a shed behind their Camas home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Laura react to the ultimatum that Hugh gives her at the end of Book Three about her treatment of Peter, Everett, and Kincaid?

2. Why does Kincaid keep refusing to learn the memory verse in Book One?

3. What freedom does Laura grant Peter, Everett, and Kincaid after the Psalm War in Book Three?

4. What is Peter's opinion on miracles?

5. What is Everett's opinion on miracles as described in Book One?

6. What did Hugh wear while practicing pitching in the shed?

7. How did Papa lose his thumb?

8. What is revealed about the role that Everett and Irwin play within the Chance family during their conversations at the hedge in Book Two?

9. What do the boys make a pact to pray for at the end of Book Two?

10. Why does Laura take a job making fake meat from soy beans in Book One?

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