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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 automobile repair does Hugh make to the family vehicle in the beginning of Book Five?
(a) He installs a new carburetor.
(b) He changes a tire.
(c) He changes the oil.
(d) He changes the spark plugs.

2. What is Hugh's new baseball nickname that is given to him while pitching for the Tugboats?
(a) Old Toe.
(b) Papa Toe.
(c) Old Man Smoke.
(d) Smokey Toe.

3. Whom does Hugh telegram for help when he realizes he will not be able to free Irwin on his own?
(a) Peter.
(b) Laura.
(c) Everett.
(d) Bull Durham.

4. What does Irwin send to his mother when he believes he will not be coming home from Vietnam?
(a) His journal.
(b) A letter for Nash to read when he is old enough.
(c) His Bible.
(d) A ring for Linda.

5. How many PAC-10 teams offer a baseball scholarship to Peter?
(a) Six.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Everett gain during his time at college?

2. What is unique about Hugh's last pitch?

3. Why have Irwin and Linda been unable to marry earlier in the novel?

4. What causes Peter to vomit during a family vacation down the Oregon coast?

5. Who recites the Lord's Prayer and several scriptures after Hugh's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one positive thing that Irwin writes to Bet about during his first week in Vietnam?

2. Why does Everett think Myshkin is a prodigy in literature and art?

3. What horrible event in Linda's past makes her afraid to live alone after Irwin leaves for the army?

4. What does Laura plan to do at church in Chapter 8, and what ends up happening instead?

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

6. How does Everett's 211 page letter eventually reach Natasha?

7. How is Everett's attitude in regards to his imprisonment?

8. Why is Everett so suited to activism?

9. What secret about Linda does Bet reveal to Kincaid in Book Five?

10. What secret does Bet confide to Everett in her first letter in Book Six?

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