Roberto Clemente Quiz

Roberto Clemente was born in...

• Texas

• California

• Mexico

• Puerto Rico

Clemente grew up in a rich family.

• True

• False

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Roberto was ____________ to work hard to make his dream come true one day.

• prejudice

• potential

• prospect

• determined

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Roberto's family was happy with his decision to play professional baseball.

• True

• False

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What steps did Roberto take to become a great baseball player?

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Al Campanis, the chief scout of the Dodgers did not have high hopes for the prospects.

• True

• False

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Roberto proved not only to be a fast runner, fire fast balls, but also was to hit line drives.

• True

• False

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Even though the Dodgers wanted to sign Roberto to their team, there was still a lot of __________ in the major leagues.

• prospects

• prejudice

• scouts

• potential

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What major league team did Roberto end up playing for in 1955?

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In 1960 and 1970 Roberto led his team to two ________.

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