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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 Medicine Ed spreading in Little Spinoza's stall in Chapter 39?
(a) Lime.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Fresh hay.
(d) Sand.
2. What horse's death does Medicine Ed recall in the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Broomstick's.
(b) High Soprano's.
(c) Boll Weevil's.
(d) Grizzly's.
3. What vehicle is sitting outside of Two-Tie's home when he returns from walking his dog in Chapter 32?
(a) Roy's taxi.
(b) Maggie's car.
(c) Medicine Ed's Winnebago.
(d) Joe Dale's car.
4. Where is Maggie laying when Medicine Ed first sees her in Chapter 24?
(a) In the tack room.
(b) In her car seat.
(c) On the steps of her trailer.
(d) In Pelter's empty stall.
5. Why does Maggie tell Tommy she cannot move in Chapter 28?
(a) She was shot in the foot.
(b) She has been given a tranquilizer.
(c) She is having a stroke.
(d) She has injured her leg from the fall.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Maggie gone back to doing for a living in Part I of Results?
2. How does Tommy kill Joe Dale in Chapter 40?
3. Who is in Pelter's stall when Tommy comes in looking for Maggie in Chapter 26?
4. What does Medicine Ed do when the jockey riding Lord of Misery asks Maggie if she wants to party in Chapter 34?
5. What is the title of the newspaper column that Maggie writes in Part II of Results?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Medicine Ed's primary objective in the fourth race? What does he stand to gain?
2. What is indicated about Two-Tie's character by his death in the novel?
3. How does Maggie feel about her luck in "Results"?
4. What connection is made between Medicine Ed and Maggyie's characters in Chapter 24?
5. How is Medicine Ed's concept of "home" examined in the novel?
6. How does the theme of good and evil apply to Two-Tie's character in the novel?
7. What foreshadowing is revealed in Chapter 28? What does this foreshadowing suggest?
8. What is revealed of Tommy’s circumstances in Chapter 37?
9. How is the abandoned racetrack described in the novel? What does it symbolize?
10. Why do you think the author has chosen to relate the events of the race in past tense in Chapter 22?
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