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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what horse does Medicine Ed apply goofer dust in Chapter 34?
(a) Broomstick.
(b) High Soprano.
(c) Grizzly.
(d) Lord of Misrule.

2. What is the highest level of education Tommy has achieved?
(a) He dropped out of school in 7th grade.
(b) He has a college degree.
(c) He dropped out of school in 10th grade.
(d) He completed high school.

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

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

5. Why does Maggie have trouble standing up in Chapter 27?
(a) She has been drugged.
(b) She is having a heart attack.
(c) She has had a leg cramp.
(d) She has been shot in the foot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. On what horse is Maggie planning to bet in the race in Chapter 34?
(a) Lord of Misrule.
(b) Grizzly.
(c) The Mahdi.
(d) High Soprano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does D'Ambrisi have with him when he drives onto the farm in Chapter 28?

2. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 26 related?

3. At what time do the visiting sessions end when Maggie sees Tommy in Part II of Results?

4. How long has it been since Tommy left when he calls Maggie in Chapter 21?

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

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