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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Results".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the weather described on the day of the race in Chapter 33?
(a) It is the coldest day of the winter.
(b) Is is a cool and breezy day in autumn.
(c) It is the hottest day of the summer.
(d) It is a rainy day in the spring.

2. What horse does Tommy believe will fight for good in the battle between good and evil in the race in Chapter 31?
(a) Lord of Misrule.
(b) High Soprano.
(c) The Mahdi.
(d) Broomstick.

3. Who does Two-Tie ask for when he calls the racetrack in Chapter 23?
(a) Mr Beaufait.
(b) Mr. Haslipp.
(c) Mr. Smithers.
(d) Mr. Hickock.

4. How does the narrative transition in Chapter 37?
(a) It changes to third-person.
(b) It changes to first-person.
(c) It changes to the future tense.
(d) It changes to second-person.

5. The narrator states in Part II of Results, "What had become of Tommy was as immense, as terrible and final as" what?
(a) "Something from Shakespeare."
(b) "A volcano or an earthquake."
(c) "What had become of Maggie."
(d) "The stories of the Greek gods."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the exercise girl at the racetrack that Deucey is attracted to?

2. Medicine Ed is said to have been on the racetrack since what age in Chapter 1?

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

4. What does Medicine Ed say he needs the money for that he borrows for Little Spinoza?

5. Who is Medicine Ed's boss in Chapter 1?

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