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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. Who does Medicine Ed see making a bet right before the race in Chapter 9?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Deucey.
(d) Zeno.

2. What is the name of the farrier at Indian Mound Downs?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Donald.
(c) Deucey.
(d) Kidstuff.

3. How old is Medicine Ed in Chapter 1?
(a) 59.
(b) 72.
(c) 68.
(d) 76.

4. How old does Deucey claim her horse is in Chapter 1?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

5. Who is Medicine Ed's boss in Chapter 1?
(a) Roland Hickok.
(b) Gus Zeno.
(c) Jojo Wood.
(d) Standish Chenille.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the farrier tell Medicine Ed the name is of Zeno's red horse in Chapter 3?

3. Whom does Two-Tie ask for when he calls the racetrack in Chapter 11?

4. How does Little Spinoza exit the gate in his first race in Chapter 18?

5. Medicine Ed is said to have been on the racetrack since what age in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is foreshadowed regarding Tommy and Maggie's relationship in Chapter 14?

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

5. How does Earlie respond to his race riding Little Spinoza?

6. How does the narrative perspective shift in Chapter 15? Why does the author make this shift?

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

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

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

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

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