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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. When Kincaid has a nightmare in Book One, how does Hugh help him get back to sleep?
(a) He gets Kincaid a glass of water.
(b) He lets Kincaid fall asleep watching the television.
(c) He tells Kincaid the trick of counting backwards from one hundred.
(d) He sings to Kincaid.

2. What does Everett call Hugh's fastball?
(a) The rocket.
(b) The heater.
(c) The scorcher.
(d) The sinker.

3. How does Irwin lose his rain slicker in Book Two?
(a) He loses it playing pool.
(b) He gives it to a homeless person on his walk home.
(c) It is stolen from his locker after football practice.
(d) He leaves it at the school.

4. Where does Hugh go to play ball in Book One?
(a) An empty lot across the street.
(b) An undisclosed location.
(c) A park named Battle Ground.
(d) The backyard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hugh get discharged honorably from the army four months early?

2. What does the scarlet neon sign that hangs in Everett's room say?

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

4. How does Mama react to Irwin's prayer at the supper table in Book Two?

5. What football position does Irwin play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. Why does Hugh tell Kincaid it is nonsense to paint a strike zone in his practice bullpen?

7. As Peter begins to ask and contemplate deep questions in Book Two, where does he turn to seek answers?

8. What reason does Papa give for Mama expecting twins in Chapter 1?

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

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

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