Dummy Hoy

1. What was Dummy Hoy’s full birth name?

• A. Will Ellsworth Hoy
• B. William Edward Hoy
• C. Bill Edward Hoy
• D. William Ellsworth Hoy

2. Where was Dummy Hoy born?

• A. Hookston Ohio
• B. Houcktown Ohio
• C. Cincinnati Ohio
• D. Brighton Ohio

3. How were the Deaf viewed in his day?

• A. Just like today
• B. Freaks and outcasts, dummy’s
• C. Unreachable
• D. Like slaves

4. When Dummy wanted to play ball with the neighbor kids, what did they tell him?

• A. Go away Dummy
• B. You don’t know how to play ball, you’re a dummy
• C. You’re too small and too skinny to play ball
• D. You can’t hear, or understand us so you can’t play ball

5. How tall was he?

• A. He stood 6’4
• B. He stood 5’4
• C. He stood 5’8
• D. He stood 4’10

6. What trade did he learn at school?

• A. He learned to be a carpenter
• B. He learned to be a cobbler
• C. He learned to be a farmer
• D. He learned to be a mill worker

7. He graduated with what honor?

• A. First Deaf baseball player
• B. First Deaf to receive a diploma
• C. Valedictorian
• D. Salutatorian

8. How old was Hoy when he started school?

• A. 9
• B. 10
• C. 11
• D. 12

9. How old was Hoy when he died?

• A. 80
• B. 89
• C. 90
• D. 99

10. Hoy was honored with ________ after catching the fly ball by jumping on the horse's back.

• A. Walking stick
• B. Trophy
• C. A pay raise
• D. A front page newspaper article