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1.	A young Roy Hobbs made his bat Wonderboy out of a tree that was split in two by lightning. What other significance did the tree have?
		Roy first kissed Iris under the tree
		His father fell dead underneath the tree
		His mother hanged herself from the tree
		Roy made lemonades with the lemons from the tree

2.	Roy first gained acclaim by striking out a renowned hitter, played by Joe Don Baker and based on Babe Ruth. What was the player's nickname?
		The Whammer
		Smoker
		The Badger
		Crush

3.	After shooting Roy, it is suggested that Harriet Bird meets her doom:
		When police gun her down
		When she jumps out a window
		When she steps in front of a train
		By dropping a toaster into her bathtub

4.	Approximately how many years passed between Roy's shooting and his being signed to the Knights?
		15
		5
		10
		20

5.	In addition to managing the New York Knights, Pop Fisher:
		Owns the team
		Co-owns the team
		Is the catcher
		Coaches first base

6.	Who wrote the book on which the film was based?
		William Styron
		Wallace Stegner
		Bernard Malamud
		W. Somerset Maugham

7.	The contract Roy had signed to play for the Knights was worth:
		$500
		$7,500
		$1,000
		$1,900

8.	What relation was Memo Paris to Pop Fisher?
		She was his daughter
		She was his goddaughter
		She was his neice
		She was his stepdaughter

9.	The Knights' season was pivotal, because if they didn't win the pennant:
		The team would be moved to Los Angeles
		The entire coaching staff would be fired
		Pop would forfeit his ownership in the team
		The team would be dissolved due to contraction

10.	What was Roy Hobb's uniform number?
		23
		9
		15
		6

11.	Which was not true of Hobbs' first hit in a game in the movie?
		He knocked the cover off of the ball
		It won the game for the Knights
		It was a home run
		It coincided with a flash of lightning

12.	Bump Bailey died:
		From a heart attack
		By being shot (presumably by Memo)
		In a bar fight
		When he ran through the outfield fence

13.	The turnaround in the Knights' fortunes coincided with what change made to their uniforms?
		Bump's number was added
		The colors were changed
		A lightning bolt was added
		Player names were removed from the back

14.	Max Mercy recognizes where he had previously seen Roy when he sees:
		The scar from the bullet wound when Roy dresses in the locker room
		Roy pitch to a teammate
		Talking to a group of young children
		Looking out a window on a train

15.	At the end of their first meeting, Roy angers the Judge by:
		Telling him Pop is twice the man he is
		Breaking a mirror
		Turning on the lights
		Tearing up his new contract

16.	Which of the following most closely resembles the logo on the Knights' caps?





17.	Roy met the bookmaker Gus Sands, who bets Roy he can guess how much money the ballplayer had in his pocket. What amount did Gus bet?
		$50
		$10
		$100
		$75

18.	Roy recognized Iris as she stood wearing a white dress during the Knights' road game in which city?
		Milwaukee
		St. Louis
		Kansas City
		Chicago

19.	The game after he reunited with Iris, Hobbs achieved this feat:
		Turned an unassisted triple play
		Hit four home runs
		Both pitched and hit
		Hit for the cycle

20.	At a party thrown as the Knights were on the brink of winning the pennant, Memo gave Roy a poisoned:
		Beer
		Kiss
		Dessert
		Glass of water

21.	The Knights' season came down to a playoff game against which foe?
		Philadelphia Phillies
		St. Louis Cardinals
		Chicago Cubs
		Pittsburgh Pirates

22.	In the film, Memo was not romantically involved with:
		Roy
		The Judge
		Gus
		Bump

23.	In a brief flashback, Roy's father had used what activity to teach his son about discipline and control?
		Fly fishing
		Throwing darts
		Juggling
		Swatting flies

24.	As he was recovering from his poisoning, Roy learned:
		He had cancer
		The lining of his stomach had deteriorated
		Stress on his hip would cause it to shatter
		He had advanced liver disease

25.	On the eve of the playoff, the Judge attempts to blackmail Roy with:
		Threats against Pop
		Threats against Iris
		Photos of the scene of the crime 15 years earlier
		Threats to fire everyone on the team

26.	What was unusual about the room where Roy was hospitalized?
		It was inside the Knights' ballpark
		It was in a maternity ward
		It was in the morgue
		It was in the burn unit

27.	During the playoff game, Roy realizes that the key player on the take is the Knights':
		Catcher
		Shortstop
		Starting pitcher
		First baseman

28.	Wonderboy was replaced by the Savoy _______
		Signature
		Striker
		Special
		Shaker

29.	How many pitches did Roy face in his final at bat?
		3
		2
		4
		6

30.	Roy's final home run shattered the stadium lights, creating a shower of sparks. This had been foreshadowed earlier in the film when one of Roy's blasts broke:
		The kitchen window of his boyhood home
		The Judge's office window
		A clock
		A billboard