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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Medicine Ed watch Maggie in the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) From the cafeteria.
(b) From the front porch.
(c) From the tack room.
(d) From the chef's pantry.

2. What Roman senator and historian is alluded to in Part II of Results?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Tacitus.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Who claimed the Mahdi after the race, according to the narrator in Chapter 22?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Deucey.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Medicine Ed.

4. Where is Maggie laying when Medicine Ed first sees her in Chapter 24?
(a) In Pelter's empty stall.
(b) On the steps of her trailer.
(c) In her car seat.
(d) In the tack room.

5. How does Maggie feel as she watches Lord of Misrule's arrival in Chapter 30?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Scared.
(c) Excited.
(d) Jealous.

6. Where has Tommy gotten tangled up with money, according to the narrative in Chapter 37?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Los Angeles.

7. Where is Pelter said to be held in Chapter 26?
(a) On a farm in Nebraska.
(b) At Kidstuff's stables.
(c) In Joe Dale's barn.
(d) At Tommy's stables.

8. What does Medicine Ed do when the jockey riding Lord of Misery asks Maggie if she wants to party in Chapter 34?
(a) He nods at her to go.
(b) He kills the horse.
(c) He punches the jockey.
(d) He calls the police.

9. Where is Lord of Misrule being taken in Chapter 40?
(a) To Arkansas.
(b) To Missouri.
(c) To New York.
(d) To Nebraska.

10. How does Tommy kill Joe Dale in Chapter 40?
(a) He stabs him with a knife.
(b) He hits him with his car.
(c) He pushes him into the river.
(d) He shoots him in the head.

11. How has the horse been killed in Chapter 21?
(a) It has been run to death.
(b) It has been shot.
(c) Someone has given it sweet feed.
(d) It has been drowned.

12. Who holds a gun to Two-Tie to force him into the car in Chapter 32?
(a) Zeno.
(b) Biggy.
(c) Grizzly.
(d) Deucey.

13. Who has Medicine Ed begun working for in Part II of Results?
(a) Standish Chenille.
(b) Jim Hamm.
(c) Roland Hickok.
(d) Earlie Beaufait.

14. Who had ridden Pelter in the race, according to the narrator in Chapter 22?
(a) Alice.
(b) Donald.
(c) Jojo.
(d) Suitcase.

15. Who is hit in the back of the head with a deer rifle in Chapter 28?
(a) Two-Tie.
(b) Maggie.
(c) D'Ambrisi.
(d) Biggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie believe she will not get the winner's purse in Chapter 38?

2. How many gunshots ring out when Two-Tie tries to take the gun from his captor in Chapter 32?

3. Who does Two-Tie ask for when he calls the racetrack in Chapter 23?

4. Where is Medicine Ed said to have begun napping in the afternoons in Chapter 31?

5. Who arrives and suggests he could help Maggie get Pelter back in Chapter 24?

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