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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes the setting of the story?Past; baseball fieldPast, in a cityDaytime; Mudville Nine's home baseball fieldDaytime in the summer.
- 2. Multiple Choice"5,000 tongues applauded..." is an example of....HyberbolePersonificationOnomatopoeiaMetaphor
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who does Casey have a conflict with?
Himself.
The pitcher .
The crowd.
The umpire .
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe poem is written in1st person.2nd person.3rd person.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the best theme for the story?Always swing at the ball.Don't underestimate baseball players.Being too confident can be a bad thing.Winning is everything.
- 6. Multiple Choice
"Jimmy Blake was a fake." is an example of
a simile
a metaphor
personification
hyperbole
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which event in the poem is the climax?
Casey strikes out.
The 2nd out of the inning is made.
Casey steps up to bat.
Flynn hit a single.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which event is NOT part of the rising action?
Mudville loses the game.
Blake hit the ball.
The fans want Casey up at bat.
Cooney and Burrows got out.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe reader's mood could best be described at the end of the poem asAngerSurprisedCheerfulUncomfortable
- 10. Multiple Choice
Choose all the events which would be part of the falling action?
The Mudville fans are stunned into silence.
Casey pounds the base with his bat.
Casey lets a pitch go by.
The umpire screams out, "Strike two!"
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe resolution to the poem isCasey strikes out.The crowd leaves.Mudville loses the game.The air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow.
- 12. Multiple Choice"Cooney died at first" is an example ofimagery.simile.metaphor.hyperbole.
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