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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 & 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Ray enlist to help him with his plan to win The Bet?
(a) Dannie and Thud.
(b) Captain Roberts and Hoover.
(c) Hoover and Crowbar.
(d) Froghair and Ray's father.

2. What is Dannie's background?
(a) Child of traveling missionaries.
(b) Rich, Italian.
(c) Rich, Boston suburb.
(d) Poor, Southern.

3. Why do other Chops stop going to Ponky much?
(a) They only want to play at The Mayflower Club.
(b) They miss Two Down's entertainment.
(c) They are upset about the outcome of The Bet.
(d) The owner threatened them.

4. What is the outcome of Ray's third attempt?
(a) His father invites him to play.
(b) He gets arrested.
(c) He is thrown out of The Mayflower Club.
(d) Ray ditches Madeline.

5. What was Ray's father's solution for Travis' illness?
(a) Experimental new therapies.
(b) Psychiatric hospital.
(c) Ignore it.
(d) Quit his job to care for Travis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which phrase best describes Two Down's attitude about bets?

2. What do Ray and Madeline notice they have in common?

3. What is the security guard doing while Ray and Hoover play a match?

4. What does Ray have to do to come up with the money to buy into The Bet?

5. What does Ray say his father believed was necessary for success?

(see the answer key)

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