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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. Why does Peter change from third class trains to first class compartments in his travels through India?
(a) To avoid the crowds and smells.
(b) To travel with other scholars.
(c) To be able to sleep better at night.
(d) He is given the free upgrade.

2. What reason does Natasha give for leaving Everett?
(a) She thought Everett was no longer in love with her.
(b) She had a dream that prompted her to return to check on her mom.
(c) She was pregnant and afraid.
(d) She fell in love with someone else.

3. What is the name of the British man who facilitates the robbing of Peter in India?
(a) Searing.
(b) Rupert.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Dessinger.

4. What causes Everett to give up his baseball dream?
(a) Striking out four times in a play off opener.
(b) Hugh tells him to pursue school instead.
(c) Coach Bunnell tells him he isn't talented.
(d) No colleges offer him a scholarship.

5. What summer job does Everett take in Victoria to help him get through the winter in Book Five?
(a) He works a tavern.
(b) He works at a car wash.
(c) He writes a column for the local paper.
(d) He buses tables at a trendy tourist cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "scriptures of baseball"?

2. What addition to the Chance family and friends from Camas intimidates Major Keys?

3. What is the name of the church Irwin and Linda have been attending?

4. What is the name of the play that Everett pens?

5. What is the name of the town where Everett settles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What piece of pitching advice does Freddy recite at Hugh's wake?

2. When Everett receives Natasha's letter proclaiming her love, how does he respond?

3. How is Peter afraid of hurting his father in regard to baseball in Book Four?

4. Why does Major Keys think that Irwin is a difficult and stubborn case?

5. Why does Irwin quit the baseball team?

6. What reason does Natasha give to Everett for not wanting to sleep after their coffee date in Book Four?

7. Why does Hugh go to Elder Babcock's house in Book Five?

8. When Irwin is released from the hospital in Book Six, what is his condition?

9. What reason does Peter give Laura for taking a job at the mill in Chapter 5?

10. What does Everett send to Irwin as a "homeopathic dose of sanity and antidote to Army Brain" in Book Five?

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