"The Shutout" Comprehensive Review

According to the authors of “The Shutout,” the following statements about how baseball began are true, except one.

Which statement is definitely not true?

• Baseball evolved from stick-and-ball games played in many parts of the world.

• Baseball was invented by a West Point cadet while he was at Cooperstown, New York

• Baseball came from an English game called rounders.

• Baseball is a uniquely American sport.

According to information in “The Shutout,” which statement best tells how the public viewed the very early days of professional baseball?

• The public gradually grew to enjoy the game.

• The public was enthusiastic about professional baseball from the beginning.

• Audiences were small at first due to lack of press coverage.

• The public preferred individual sports to team sports like baseball.

What kind of details support the information you find in “The Shutout”?

• factual details

• exciting details

• descriptive details

• persuasive details

According to information in “The Shutout,” how did people view early professional baseball?

• By 1845, baseball was becoming a popular sport.

• All people loved baseball from the very first game played.

• Many people didn’t know about baseball until the 1900s.

• D. All people have always preferred boxing to baseball.

The details in “The Shutout” are presented mostly

• in the order of most important to least important.

• in chronological order.

• from the present back to the beginnings of baseball.

• in random order, as they occur to the authors.

Which question does not help the reader understand the authors’ specific purpose in “The Shutout”?

• How are the details presented?

• What kind of details am I being given?

• Where do the authors find the details?

• Why do the authors present these details in this way?

Which statement best describes the racial situation in baseball before the Civil War according to “The Shutout”?

• There was general tolerance for integrated teams in the North.

• There were no integrated teams in the North or the South.

• Slave owners allowed segregated teams in the South.

• Slave owners allowed integrated teams in the South.

According to “The Shutout,” in 1857–1858 the National Association of Base Ball Players was formed to

• A. provide free, wholesome entertainment.

• B. provide information about baseball.

• C. make money.

• D. create employment benefits for players.

Which detail from “The Shutout” occurs at the turn of the twentieth century?

• A. The New York Knickerbocker Club was organized in 1845.

• B. Baseball, however, was not a popular southern sport, never equal to boxing, wrestling, footracing, or horse racing.

• C. After the Civil War, returning soldiers helped to inspire a new interest in baseball all over the country.

• D. Black people organized their own teams, formed leagues, and competed for championships.

According to “The Shutout,” in 1860 none of the sixty teams that participated in the National Association of Base Ball Players were from the South. Why?

• A. Southern players didn’t want to have to travel to the North to play baseball.

• B. Southerners preferred individual sports such as boxing and wrestling.

• C. Southern states were seceding from the Union.

• D. The North and South couldn’t agree on the rules of the game.