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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described inside the back gate of Indian Mound Downs in Chapter 1?
(a) A cola machine.
(b) A hay baler.
(c) A hot-walking machine.
(d) A water trough.

2. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 19 related?
(a) Third person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

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

4. How long is it until the time for the race in the opening of Chapter 18?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

5. What breed is Two-Tie's dog?
(a) Newfoundland.
(b) German Shepherd.
(c) Australian Terrier.
(d) Great Dane.

6. How old is Medicine Ed in Chapter 1?
(a) 76.
(b) 72.
(c) 68.
(d) 59.

7. Who advises Maggie to cut down on her nagging in Chapter 14?
(a) Joe Dale.
(b) D'Ambisi.
(c) Lillian.
(d) Medicine Ed.

8. Who captures Little Spinoza after he's run away in Chapter 18?
(a) Medicine Ed.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Deucey.
(d) Maggie.

9. Where does Deucey arrange for Maggie to sleep for the night in Chapter 3?
(a) Deucey's tack room.
(b) Kidstuff's farm office.
(c) Alice's tack room.
(d) Medicine Ed's tack room.

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

11. What is the name of the horse that Lillian's son is bringing to Indian Mound Downs?
(a) Little Spinoza.
(b) Lord of Misrule.
(c) Broomstick.
(d) High Soprano.

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

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

14. What horse is said to look like the Mahdi's twin in Chapter 7?
(a) Lord of Misrule.
(b) Pelter.
(c) High Soprano.
(d) Boll Weevil.

15. From what narrative point of view is Chapter 16 related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a crazy look about him that gives Medicine Ed the creeps, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?

2. Who ends up at the betting windows before the race next to Medicine Ed in Chapter 9?

3. What name does Maggie use when she asks about Two-Tie in Chapter 12?

4. From whom did Tommy buy Pelter?

5. To whom is Maggie compared in Chapter 13?

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