Short Answer
Vocabulary
True or False
Fill in the blank
Free baseball
100

Where is the setting of this novel?

West Lauderdale

100

What is a "Go-ahead-run?"

  • the run that puts a team up by one
100

The radio announcer was blind

True

100

Jade heard that the blue team players were really good ______

opponents

lanky

ball rats

Opponents

100

What does "free baseball" mean in baseball terms?

giving fans more than they technically paid for.

200

Why didn’t Felix sit in the seats he won at the baseball game?

Because Maryann wouldn't let him.

200

What is a "farm team"?

  • team where players’ talents are cultivated to see if they are good enough for the Major Leagues.
200

Homer was a player on the team.

False

200

A __________ is a hit so hard that it goes way over the back fence.

RBI

Grand Slam

Heater

Grand Slam

200

What does free baseball mean in the larger sense of the word (as it applies to life)?

Getting more out of life or life experiences than you had hoped or dreamed.
300

Why did Felix get on the bus for the Miracle team?

He was mad and embarassed.

300

What does the term "in the hole" mean?

  • any gap between two players
300

Felix's dad still played baseball.

False

300

When people don't show up for work, the company will be _____

insistent

shorthanded

flanked

Shorthanded

300

Name one thing from the novel that relates to free baseball in the larger sense in relation to Felix.

answer's vary

400

Who is Vic?

General manager of the Miracle

400

What does denounced mean?

To say out loud that something is wrong

400

Felix and his mother were refugees from Mexico

False...they were from Cuba

400

The pizza was not good, but not bad. So, it was ______

a souvenir

morsel

mediocre

mediocre

400

Name one thing from the novel that relates to free baseball in the larger sense in relation to Felix.

Answers vary

500

Vic's wife that passed away was a _____

Botanist

500

What does "flanked" mean?

positioned on either side of something

500

Felix burned his mouth when he won the tickets but he didn't care because he thought it was worth it.

True

500

We was famous for bad reasons, so he had _____

spectacularly

reluctantly

notoriety

notoriety

500

Did Felix achieve "free baseball" in the larger sense?

Yes

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