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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 does "bute" refer to in the narrative?
(a) A beautiful horse.
(b) Buteminazine.
(c) Butter oats.
(d) Phenylbutazone.

2. Medicine Ed is said to have been on the racetrack since what age in Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. At whose house is the card game taking place in Chapter 11?
(a) At Tommy's house.
(b) At Two-Tie's house.
(c) At Medicine Ed's house.
(d) At Maggie's house.

4. Who is the vet that castrates Little Spinoza?
(a) Jojo Wood.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Medicine Ed.
(d) Haslipp.

5. Who does Medicine Ed borrow money from to invest in Little Spinoza?
(a) Kidstuff.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Two-Tie.
(d) D'Ambisi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Maggie compared in Chapter 13?

3. Whom does Two-Tie ask for when he calls the racetrack in Chapter 11?

4. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 1 related?

5. What does Medicine Ed miss having at the racetrack in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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