Casey at the Bat Vocabulary

What does "The outlook wasn't brilliant" ​ mean?​ (a)  

• The day was cloudy.
• It was hard to see.
• The game was shining.
• Things did not look good.

Why is the team most likely called the Mudville Nine?

• There are nine players on the field.

• There are nine outs in a game.

• There are nine strikes allowed.

• There are nine types of pitches.

"A sickly silence fell upon the ​ ​ (a)   of the game." This is about those watching the game.

• patrons
• umpires
• children
• players

Match the following

• to go before

• grim melancholy

• not liked

• despised

• Despair

• eternal

• bleak & gloomy

• preceded

• Forever

• very sad

If the score is "Four to Two",

How many runs are needed for the underdogs to win?

Mathematical Equivalence

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"There was Johnnie safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third."

What do you think just happened?

• Flynn slid headfirst into third base

• Flynn slid feet first into third base.

• Johnnie hit a homerun.

• Johnnie stole a base.

"There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face."

What does the word bearing mean or refer to?

• How a person acts.

• A person's clothing

• How a person talks

• a player's uniform

Match the following

• mean look with lip lifted

• applaud

• shined

• gleamed

• clap loudly

• sneer

• twisting

• defiance

• to defy or resist

• writhing

"And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there."

What best describes Casey at this moment?

• I'm too good to pay attention.

• I am afraid of that ball.

• I will wait my turn.

• I am going swing at this one.

Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped-

"That ain't my style,"said Casey. ______ ___ the umpire said.