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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what narrative point of view is Chapter 16 related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

2. What is the name of the stables that Tommy owns?
(a) Trinidad Stables.
(b) Oak Farm Stables.
(c) Windsor Terrace Stables.
(d) T. Hansel Stables.

3. What is Zeno holding when he goes to talk to Tommy in Chapter 8?
(a) A shank.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A gun.

4. Who offers Medicine Ed a job working for him in Chapter 9?
(a) Charles.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Zeno.
(d) Biggy.

5. What horse wins the first race in Chapter 9?
(a) The Mahdi.
(b) Boll Weevil.
(c) High Soprano.
(d) Broomstick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the big mare that injured Medicine Ed in 1958?

2. Who advises Maggie to cut down on her nagging in Chapter 14?

3. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 1 related?

4. What horse is said to look like the Mahdi's twin in Chapter 7?

5. Who takes Little Spinoza's testicles after he is castrated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is noteworthy regarding Tommy's behavior toward Maggie in Chapter 10?

2. What setting is introduced in Chapter 1? How would you describe Medicine Ed's circumstances in the beginning of the novel?

3. How does Deucey regard the change in her luck after buying Little Spinoza?

4. When is Lord of Misrule set? What indications in the novel reveal the time period of the story?

5. How are Boll Weevil and the Mahdi compared to one another as they prepare for the first race?

6. What causes Medicine Ed's luck to change following the first race?

7. What crucial information does Tommy reveal to Joe Dale during their conversation in Chapter 19?

8. How is the theme of fear developed in Chapter 10?

9. What is a hot walking machine? What does this apparatus symbolize in the novel?

10. How does Tommy's behavior toward Maggie change in Chapter 16? What is significant about this change in his behavior?

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