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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maggie judge to be "as ancient in the culture as grapes and barley" in Part II of Results?
(a) Sex.
(b) Literature.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Gambling.

2. What horse has Deucey decided to enter in the race in Chapter 36?
(a) High Soprano.
(b) Grizzly.
(c) Broomstick.
(d) Little Spinoza.

3. What is the "witch's number" that Maggie has gotten in the race in Chapter 37?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 13.

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

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) "The stories of the Greek gods."
(c) "What had become of Maggie."
(d) "A volcano or an earthquake."

6. From what narrative perspective is Part I of Results related?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person.

7. What people are described in Part II of Results as gambling "themselves into slavery with a laugh"?
(a) The French.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The English.

8. When is the horse found dead in its stall in Chapter 21?
(a) On Tuesday.
(b) On Thursday.
(c) On Sunday.
(d) On Monday.

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

10. What horse is led second from its stall to the starting gate in Chapter 36?
(a) High Soprano.
(b) Broomstick.
(c) Grizzly.
(d) The Mahdi.

11. Who promises Joe Dale that he will be compensated for the horse in Chapter 28?
(a) Roland Hickok.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Two-Tie.

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

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

14. What causes Two-Tie to get into the car in Chapter 32?
(a) He hears Tommy's voice in the car.
(b) He gets in to retrieve his dog.
(c) He hears Maggie's voice in the car.
(d) The man in the car offers him money.

15. Whom does Two-Tie threaten to call about Bigg's actions in Chapter 23?
(a) Biggy.
(b) Beaufait.
(c) Posner.
(d) Jojo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only owner to witness Little Spinoza's death in Chapter 38?

2. What horse's death does Medicine Ed recall in the beginning of Chapter 24?

3. What vehicle is sitting outside of Two-Tie's home when he returns from walking his dog in Chapter 32?

4. What horse's body does Maggie find as she makes her way toward the river in Chapter 40?

5. Why does Maggie tell Tommy she cannot move in Chapter 28?

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