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Casey at the Bat Questions
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- 1What sport are they playing?Baseball
- 2How many innings were already played?8
- 3What was the score?4-2
- 4Was the Mudville team winning or losing?loosing
- 5What does it mean when it says that Cooney ‘died’ at first?he got out
- 6Was Barrows out or safe at first?out
- 7How many outs are there?2
- 8Why did a few fans leave before the very end of the game?because they were loosing
- 9Who was up to bat before Casey?Flynn and Jimmy Blake
- 10Did the fans have any confidence in Flynn’s or Jimmy Blake’s ability? How do you know?no because they called him a hodo and a cake
- 11What base did Flynn reach after he batted?single- 1st base
- 12What does ‘tore the cover off the ball’ mean?hit it hard
- 13Which bases were the players on?Jimmy- 2nd Flynn- 3rd
- 14What does ‘a-hugging third’ mean?he slid onto the base barely
- 15How many fans were still at the game?more than 5,000
- 16How do we know the fans had confidence in Casey’s ability?because they were calling him Mighty, Mighty Casey
- 17How did Casey feel about his own ability? How do we know?there was an ease to him and he had pride and a smile, so he felt good about his ability
- 18What is the leather-covered sphere?a baseball
- 19Did Casey swing at the first pitch?no
- 20Did the umpire call the pitch a ball or a strike?strike
- 21How did the crowd react to the umpire’s call?they got mad and want to kill him
- 22Who calmed the crowd?Casey
- 23Did Casey swing at the second pitch?no
- 24What did the umpire call the second pitch?strike 2
- 25How did the crowd react to the umpire’s call?they got mad and called him a fraud
- 26What made the crowd calm down?Casey's scornful look
- 27What emotion is Casey displaying now that he has two strikes?He is mad and his teeth are clenched in hate
- 28Does Casey swing at the third pitch?Yes
- 29Does Casey hit the ball?nope
- 30What country is it referring to when the author uses ‘favored land’?United States
- 31Is this a national event or a local event? How do you know?Local event because its in Mudville and no one outside of Mudville would know that they lost
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- easy Language Arts Flashcards on Casey at the Bat Questions, created by Sophie Sabino on 22/05/2016.
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