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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. How old is Linda when she marries Irwin?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

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

3. Which teacher mentors Peter in baseball at the high school?
(a) Coach Clay.
(b) Coach Witzer.
(c) Coach Gant.
(d) Coach Bunnel.

4. What are the "scriptures of baseball"?
(a) Game programs.
(b) Statistics.
(c) Sports columns.
(d) Baseball cards.

5. What Major League team does Hugh get the chance to pitch a few games for during his tenure with the Tugboats?
(a) Pirates.
(b) Angels.
(c) White Sox.
(d) Cubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman whom Kincaid falls in love with in Book Five?

2. What does Everett name the goat he tends to in Book Five?

3. Who attends the opening night of Everett's play?

4. What ultimatum does Laura give her congregation in Book Six?

5. What is the name of the professor whom Everett debates publicly in front of a huge seminar of students?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What event heals the relationship between Everett and his mother in Book Five?

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

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

5. What causes Winnifred, or Freddy, to become upset at Sunday School with Mrs. Babcock and to begin quoting Muhammad?

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

7. What position does Ty Daniels and the rest of the Portland Tug team take towards Hugh when he throws his last wild pitch and leaves the team?

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

9. What tradition do Peter and Everett have that was inspired by the Glass brothers in Salinger's novel Franny & Zooey?

10. What do Hugh and Kincaid do to help them sleep the night before they are going to free Irwin in Book Six?

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