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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Two-Tie call after learning who Maggie has left the racetrack with in Chapter 25?
(a) Roy's Taxicab.
(b) Earlie Beaufait.
(c) Jojo Wood.
(d) Kidstuff.

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

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

4. What horse's death does Medicine Ed recall in the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Boll Weevil's.
(b) Broomstick's.
(c) Grizzly's.
(d) High Soprano's.

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

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

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

8. What has Maggie gone back to doing for a living in Part I of Results?
(a) Writing a food column for the newspaper.
(b) Driving a taxi.
(c) Playing amateur poker.
(d) Teaching at a kindergarten.

9. How many gunshots ring out when Two-Tie tries to take the gun from his captor in Chapter 32?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

10. On what horse does everyone place the most bets in Chapter 32?
(a) High Soprano.
(b) Boll Weevil.
(c) Broomstick.
(d) Lord of Misrule.

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

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

13. How does the narrative transition in Chapter 34 as Medicine Ed mixes his goofer dust?
(a) The tense changes from present tense to past tense.
(b) The tense changes from past tense to present tense.
(c) The narrative changes from third-person to first-person.
(d) The narrative changes from third-person to second-person.

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

15. What does Joe Dale tell Biggie to get for him and Maggie in Chapter 27?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Beers.
(c) Sodas.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Medicine Ed spreading in Little Spinoza's stall in Chapter 39?

2. What horse is Jojo Wood riding in the race in Chapter 32?

3. Which horse is found dead in his stall in Chapter 21?

4. Who does Tommy punch in the face after he arrives in Chapter 28?

5. Who had ridden Pelter in the race, according to the narrator in Chapter 22?

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