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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Two Down win at a golf tournament?
(a) $1,000.
(b) A new set of clubs.
(c) A chance to play at The Mayflower Club.
(d) A Lexus.

2. What does Ray notice about Concorde?
(a) He has no friends.
(b) He is obssessed with women.
(c) He is generous.
(d) He cheats.

3. Why does Dannie's plan fail?
(a) Cementhead drops out.
(b) Dannie gets scared and calls it off.
(c) Cementhead reveals they didn't really know the Mayflower Club member.
(d) The Mayflower Club member recognizes Thud as a thief.

4. Whom does Two Down plan to impersonate for his first plan to win The Bet, described in Chapter 7?
(a) The member's long-lost childhood friend.
(b) A non-member who had never met the member with whom he was scheduled to play golf.
(c) A friend of another member.
(d) A government official.

5. What illness did Travis have?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart Disease.
(c) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

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

7. What does Ray have to do to come up with the money to buy into The Bet?
(a) Sell his car.
(b) Threaten Dannie for the money Ray is owed.
(c) Beg his father for an early Christmas gift.
(d) Get a loan from Froghair.

8. Who is Ray first assigned to at his new job?
(a) The Admiral.
(b) Dr. Dingsby.
(c) His friend.
(d) Concorde.

9. Ray states that The Bet ruined his friendships, caused two women to leave him, and ____________.
(a) Ended the happiest time of his life.
(b) Nearly killed him.
(c) Brought him to bankruptcy.
(d) Started his downward spiral.

10. Which character is battling cancer?
(a) Chunkin' Charlie.
(b) Dannie.
(c) Two Down.
(d) Thud.

11. What became an obsession for the Chops after Hoover's tirade?
(a) Getting Hoover to agree to more bets.
(b) Fixing the damage cause by Hoover.
(c) Looking at The Mayflower Club.
(d) Getting Hoover into anger management therapy.

12. What is the nickname for Ponky's clubhouse?
(a) The House of Doom.
(b) The Pit of Despair.
(c) Home.
(d) Chops Central.

13. What is ironic about the way the Chops scheduled their matches at The Mayflower Club?
(a) They all know what is about to happen.
(b) Two Down knows what is about to happen.
(c) They get in a fight about their schedule.
(d) They are all on the same day.

14. Which phrase best describes Two Down's attitude about bets?
(a) Win at all costs.
(b) Bet with no regret.
(c) Avoid bets whenever possible.
(d) Two Down never bets.

15. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Two Down.
(b) Ray's father.
(c) Chunkin' Charlie.
(d) Ray.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Two Down's match approaches, what does he suggest to the other Bet participants?

2. When Ray reveals that he hasn't been completely honest with Madeline, this is an example of _________.

3. Ponky is described as "possibly the ___________ golf course in America."

4. Where is Ray's mother?

5. The Chops are a group of _______________.

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