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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Race, Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Tommy and Maggie's landlady who is a racetrack widow?
(a) Mrs. Anderson.
(b) Mrs. Pichot.
(c) Miss Lillian.
(d) Mrs. Roster.

2. Where are the stables that Tommy owns?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Douglas City.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Charles Town.

3. Who is the jockey chosen to ride Little Spinoza in the claiming race in Chapter 15?
(a) Medicine Ed.
(b) Roland Hickok.
(c) Standish Chenille.
(d) Earlie Beaufait.

4. What horse wins the first race in Chapter 9?
(a) Broomstick.
(b) High Soprano.
(c) Boll Weevil.
(d) The Mahdi.

5. Maggie tells Little Spinoza in Chapter 15 that sex is a form of what?
(a) Divinity.
(b) Epiphany.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What horse is said to look like the Mahdi's twin in Chapter 7?

2. What is Tommy's mother's name?

3. What is described inside the back gate of Indian Mound Downs in Chapter 1?

4. Where are Zeno's former stalls that Tommy acquires in Chapter 12?

5. Whose horse has won the race in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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