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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 does Cotter find at the end of the game?
(a) A severed arm.
(b) A wallet.
(c) The match ball.
(d) A baseball bat.

2. Which two teams are competing for the World Series in this section?
(a) The Redskins and the Mets.
(b) The Bears and the Orioles.
(c) The Dodgers and the Giants.
(d) The 49ers and the Runners.

3. What is the season in chapter three?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

4. Why does Lundy think there were 20,000 empty seats at the Dodger Giants World Series game?
(a) People thought the world wasn't going to last beyond the game.
(b) They had been abducted by aliens.
(c) The world is about to go through a recession.
(d) People sensed something was happening on the other side of the world.

5. In which city is Dodger Stadium?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Marvin hired people to examine in order to find out what happened to the baseball?

2. What kind of company does Nick work for?

3. How does Nick daughter's life change in this section?

4. What kind of ride do Nick and his wife enjoy in this section?

5. What does Rafferty tell Hoover?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nick say his mother likes Jackie Gleason so much?

2. Why does Nick think his mother should move to Phoenix?

3. How does Nick know Klara Sax?

4. Who does Nick say Brian believes he is?

5. How do Matt and Nick's views on their father differ?

6. Why does Hoover appreciate Truman's timing in the announcement of the Soviet bomb?

7. What do people in Phoenix think about Nick's roots?

8. What does Sims say happened to Donnie Moore?

9. Why does Nick have his mother's surname instead of his father's?

10. How did Bobby Thompson's home run affect people?

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