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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ray's third attempt to win The Bet?
(a) Ray asks his father for an invitation to play.
(b) Ray bribes an employee at The Mayflower Club.
(c) Ray poses as a journalist writing about The Mayflower Club.
(d) Ray uses Madeline to get a match time.

2. What was The Mayflower Club like?
(a) Run-down.
(b) Public, open for all.
(c) Welcoming.
(d) Private and exclusive.

3. What was the reason for the incident Ray mentions between his father and mother?
(a) Ray brought home poor grades.
(b) He had a bad day at work.
(c) She failed to have two cold beers ready for dinner.
(d) She wanted to leave him.

4. What secret does Ray keep from Madeline?
(a) He is divorced.
(b) He wants to be rich.
(c) Why he is working at The Mayflower Club.
(d) He loves Dannie.

5. Whom does Dannie try to con in her second attempt?
(a) Browning Sumner.
(b) Stone Concorde.
(c) William Davenport Hart.
(d) Captain Consodine Roberts.

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

7. What is the security guard doing while Ray and Hoover play a match?
(a) Playing golf.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Playing chess.
(d) There is no security guard.

8. What is the only way a non-member of The Mayflower Club can play golf there?
(a) Must be in the process of applying for membership.
(b) Must be friends with the owner of The Mayflower Club.
(c) Must be invited by a member.
(d) Must put down a $1,000 deposit.

9. Where does Two Down work that gives him the ability to do research for The Bet?
(a) The phone company.
(b) Ponky.
(c) The local newspaper.
(d) The police department.

10. How did Ray's father respond to Travis' illness?
(a) Harshly.
(b) Compassionately.
(c) Kindly.
(d) Distantly.

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

12. What is Two Down told when he schedules a match at The Mayflower Club?
(a) It's ladies' day.
(b) His check for membership bounced.
(c) It's employee-only day.
(d) His membership is in bad standing.

13. Which character stops looking at The Mayflower Club?
(a) Crowbar.
(b) Ray.
(c) Chunkin' Charlie.
(d) Blue Chao.

14. In a game between Hoover and Two Down in Chapter 2, what distracts Hoover and causes him to lose his bet?
(a) Obsessing over his shadow.
(b) Thinking of the serial killer who shares his name.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Excessive yelling and cheering by Two Down.

15. Who surprises Ray when Ray sees him working at The Mayflower Club?
(a) His father.
(b) Thud.
(c) Crowbar.
(d) Two Down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reaction when Dannie's plan fails?

2. What is the reason Fletcher doesn't want to hire Ray?

3. Who is Ray first assigned to at his new job?

4. What does Hoover do for a living?

5. To whom is Ray assigned at The Mayflower Club that he manages to escape working for?

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