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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has a crazy look about him that gives Medicine Ed the creeps, according to the narrator in Chapter 7?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Haslipp.
(c) Donald.
(d) D'Ambisi.

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

4. Where does Medicine Ed plan to make a downpayment on a trailer with his winnings in Chapter 9?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Fort Ross.
(c) Charles Town.
(d) Hallandale.

5. Who agrees to go in with Deucey to purchase Little Spinoza?
(a) Medicine Ed and Maggie.
(b) Earlie Beaufait.
(c) Jojo and Donald.
(d) D'Ambisi and Two-Tie.

6. In what state is Indian Mound Downs located?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Montana.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

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

8. What does Medicine Ed say he needs the money for that he borrows for Little Spinoza?
(a) To buy a horse.
(b) To visit his family.
(c) To put his mother in the hospital.
(d) To see a dentist.

9. To whom is Maggie compared in Chapter 13?
(a) Helen of Troy.
(b) Anne Frank.
(c) Mary.
(d) Athena.

10. What is the name of the horse that Joe Dale is trying to make Deucey take in Chapter 11?
(a) Lord of Misrule.
(b) High Soprano.
(c) Little Spinoza.
(d) Pelter.

11. How much did Joe Dale pay for the horse that he's trying to make Deucey take?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $8,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $5,000.

12. Who ends up at the betting windows before the race next to Medicine Ed in Chapter 9?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Deucey.
(c) Alice.
(d) Jojo.

13. Why is Tommy out of town in Chapter 20?
(a) He is visiting his mother.
(b) He is seeing a psychiatrist.
(c) He is getting married.
(d) He is seeing about a horse.

14. What is the name of Lillian's son?
(a) Donald.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Earlie.
(d) Roland.

15. Whom does Two-Tie ask for when he calls the racetrack in Chapter 11?
(a) Mr. Wood.
(b) Mr. Smithers.
(c) Mr. Beaufait.
(d) Mr. Chenille.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Deucey arrange for Maggie to sleep for the night in Chapter 3?

2. From whose viewpoint is Little Spinoza's castration described in the opening of Chapter 15?

3. What is the sum of Medicine Ed's lucky money that he bets with in Chapter 4?

4. How does Little Spinoza exit the gate in his first race in Chapter 18?

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

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