"A Great Catcher" and "Casey at the Bat"

Use "A Great Catcher" to answer the questions that follow.

By the end of the selection, what can the reader conclude about Rodriguez's father?

• He was a good coach but not a good father.

• He played professional baseball.

• He knew what was best for his son.

• He cared only about sports.

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7.5F

Based on paragraph 1, the reader can conclude that Rodriguez--

• cried a lot when he was little and outgrew that later

• should have disobeyed his father and played whatever position he liked best

• changed his opinion later in his life based on his success as a catcher

• still loved to pitch and play third base when he grew up

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7.5F

Use "Casey at the Bat" to answer the questions that follow.

Read these lines from the third stanza:

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,

And the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake;

So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,

Figurative language in these lines emphasizes-

• that the crowd compares a ball player to a cake

• that the crowd thinks Flynn and Blake are poor ballplayers

• that Flynn and Blake will hit the ball

• that there is a large crowd at the ballpark

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7.9D

The poet's use of pairs of lines that end in rhyming words helps create the poem's

• repeating events

• lukewarm mood

• sense of suspense

• subject matter

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7.8B

Use "A Great Catcher" and "Casey at the Bat" to answer the questions that follow.

An idea explored in both the selection and the poem is that baseball players-

• can switch positions

• have similar abilities

• who get hits are valuable

• get booed for striking out

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7.5E

How does "A Great Catcher" differ from "Casey at the Bat"?

• "A Great Catcher" is about one player.

• "A Great Catcher" describes events in the order in which they happen.

• "A Great Catcher" describes events in the order in which they happen.

• "A Great Catcher" focuses on baseball.

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7.5E