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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. What is the powder that Medicine Ed uses on horses so they will win races?
(a) Voodoo Hoodoo dust.
(b) Zeno dust.
(c) Horse-sweat dust.
(d) Horse-goofer dust.

2. From whose viewpoint is Little Spinoza's castration described in the opening of Chapter 15?
(a) From Deucey's perspective.
(b) From Tommy's perspective.
(c) From Medicine Ed's perspective.
(d) From Little Spinoza's perspective.

3. Where does Deucey arrange for Maggie to sleep for the night in Chapter 3?
(a) Alice's tack room.
(b) Medicine Ed's tack room.
(c) Kidstuff's farm office.
(d) Deucey's tack room.

4. Maggie tells Little Spinoza in Chapter 15 that sex is a form of what?
(a) Epiphany.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Divinity.

5. What does Tommy accuse Maggie of doing when he confronts her in Chapter 10?
(a) Having an affair with Deucey.
(b) Betting on Deucey's horse.
(c) Having an affair with Joe Dale.
(d) Betting on Zeno's horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tommy out of town in Chapter 20?

2. What is described inside the back gate of Indian Mound Downs in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of Lillian's son?

4. What is the name of the horse that Deucey owns in Chapter 1?

5. Where does Lillian's son live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of luck explored in Chapter 1 of the novel?

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

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

4. What does the blue Cadillac come to represent in the narrative?

5. How would you compare the language styles associated with Medicine Ed and Maggie in the novel?

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

7. What comparisons does Two-Tie make to the card players at his house in Chapter 11?

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

9. How has Two-Tie's behavior changed in Chapter 17? What are the impacts of the changes in Two-Tie's character?

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

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