Casey at the Bat

Reorder the following events

• The Mudville team was behind with two outs.

• Casey went to bat.

• Two Mudville players got to second and third base.

• Casey ignored the first two pitches.

• Casey struck out.

At the beginning of the poem Mudville had _ points and the other team had 4.

Fans started leaving the game because they thought Casey would not get to _.

If Casey had made a home run, the score would have been _ points for Mudville and 4 points for the other team.

On the third pitch, Casey _ the ball.

Match the idiom to what it means

• hit the ball very hard

• "the latter was a cake"

• a poor baseball hitter

• "Blake tore the cover off the ball"

• a poor baseball hitter

• "Flynn a-hugging third"

• was on third base

• "the former was a lulu"

• made an out at first base

• "Cooney died at first."

Match the word to the correct definition.

• covered

• wonderment

• large number

• pallor

• amazement

• multitude

• stray; go in an irregular way

• straggling

• pale; having no color

• wreathed

Match the word to the definition

• scornful; stuck up

• gladdened

• made happy

• haughty

• removed

• bearing

• twist or squirm

• doffed

• way of standing; posture

• writhing

Match the word to the definition

• crowd disturbance or riot

• visage

• ordered or commanded

• tumult

• ignored or disregarded

• bade

• expression on the face

• unheeded

• great or magnificent

• grandeur