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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. Why does Maggie tell Tommy she cannot move in Chapter 28?
(a) She is having a stroke.
(b) She has been given a tranquilizer.
(c) She has injured her leg from the fall.
(d) She was shot in the foot.

2. Who is in the driver's seat of the car in Chapter 32?
(a) Haslipp.
(b) D'Ambrisi.
(c) Zeno.
(d) Donald.

3. Who does Two-Tie ask for when he calls the racetrack in Chapter 23?
(a) Mr. Smithers.
(b) Mr. Hickock.
(c) Mr. Haslipp.
(d) Mr Beaufait.

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

5. Where is Medicine Ed said to have begun napping in the afternoons in Chapter 31?
(a) At the Horse Hotel.
(b) At the stables.
(c) At his Winnebago.
(d) At Maggie's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maggie judge to be "as ancient in the culture as grapes and barley" in Part II of Results?

2. How much was the claim the racing association paid to redeem Little Spinoza, according to the narrator in Part II of Results?

3. From where does Medicine Ed watch Maggie in the beginning of Chapter 24?

4. Whom does Two-Tie threaten to call about Bigg's actions in Chapter 23?

5. How does Tommy kill Joe Dale in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is indicated about Two-Tie's character by his death in the novel?

2. How does Maggie attempt her escape in Chapter 28?

3. What is revealed of Tommy’s circumstances in Chapter 37?

4. What foreshadowing is related to the blue Cadillac in the novel?

5. How is the puddle described at the back gate of the racetrack? Why is this significant?

6. How does the theme of good and evil apply to Two-Tie's character in the novel?

7. How does the theme of luck apply to Maggie's situation in Chapter 27?

8. How are Two-Tie and Joe Dale different in their dealings at the racetrack?

9. What actions does Tommy take when he appears in Chapter 40?

10. What does the horse named the Lord of Misrule represent symbolically in the story?

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