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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has warned Medicine Ed that Hansel had better not mess up the intended results of the race in Chapter 34?
(a) Joe Dale.
(b) Roland.
(c) Two-Tie.
(d) Donald.

2. What does Maggie judge to be "as ancient in the culture as grapes and barley" in Part II of Results?
(a) Literature.
(b) Sex.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Gambling.

3. What is Tommy holding as he approaches Joe Dale in Chapter 40?
(a) A deer rifle.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A pitchfork.
(d) A dagger.

4. What does Joe Dale tell Biggie to get for him and Maggie in Chapter 27?
(a) Water.
(b) Sodas.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beers.

5. What name does Two-Tie tell Maggie to memorize in the end of Chapter 27?
(a) Lord of Misrule.
(b) Broomstick.
(c) White Lightning.
(d) Little Spinoza.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what horse does everyone place the most bets in Chapter 32?

2. What has happened to Deucey on the day after Little Spinoza won the race, according to the narrator in Chapter 21?

3. Who is in the driver's seat of the car in Chapter 32?

4. Where is Lord of Misrule being taken in Chapter 40?

5. Why does Maggie have trouble standing up in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Two-Tie's perspective revealed in Chapter 28?

2. How is the abandoned racetrack described in the novel? What does it symbolize?

3. What is revealed of Tommy’s circumstances in Chapter 37?

4. How is Medicine Ed's concept of "home" examined in the novel?

5. What foreshadowing is related to the blue Cadillac in the novel?

6. How is the puddle described at the back gate of the racetrack? Why is this significant?

7. What is Medicine Ed's primary objective in the fourth race? What does he stand to gain?

8. What does Tommy say about Maggie's newspaper columns in "Results"?

9. How does Maggie feel about her luck in "Results"?

10. What does the horse named the Lord of Misrule represent symbolically in the story?

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