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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who called to say that Pelter must be given back to Maggie in Chapter 26?
(a) Kidstuff.
(b) Posner.
(c) Suitcase.
(d) Roland Hickok.

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

3. What season is described as it passes in Chapter 29?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

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

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

6. What jockey has to be carried off the track by two valets in Chapter 38?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Alice.
(d) Donald.

7. Why does Maggie believe she will not get the winner's purse in Chapter 38?
(a) Because her horse was doped.
(b) Because she paid Jojo off to lose.
(c) Because her horse is stolen.
(d) Because Tommy is wanted for murder.

8. Who claimed Pelter after the race, according to Two-Tie in Chapter 22?
(a) Deucey.
(b) Medicine Ed.
(c) D'Ambrisi.
(d) Earlie Beaufait.

9. What is Tommy holding as he approaches Joe Dale in Chapter 40?
(a) A pitchfork.
(b) A dagger.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A deer rifle.

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

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

12. Who is in Pelter's stall when Tommy comes in looking for Maggie in Chapter 26?
(a) Earlie.
(b) Kidstuff.
(c) D'Ambrisi.
(d) Donald.

13. Why does Maggie tell Tommy she cannot move in Chapter 28?
(a) She has been given a tranquilizer.
(b) She is having a stroke.
(c) She has injured her leg from the fall.
(d) She was shot in the foot.

14. What does Maggie tell Medicine Ed she plans to do after the next race in Chapter 31?
(a) Marry Tommy.
(b) Leave the track.
(c) Marry Joe Dale.
(d) Marry Earlie.

15. What does Joe Dale tell Two-Tie he has decided not to do in Chapter 28?
(a) Move back to the city.
(b) Give Maggie back the horse.
(c) Pay Two-Tie the money he owes him.
(d) Marry Maggie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 26 related?

3. How is Maggie's car described in Part I of Results?

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

5. By what name does Medicine Ed refer to Lord of Misrule in Chapter 34?

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