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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reaction when Dannie's plan fails?
(a) The man with her takes pity on her and invites her to play with him.
(b) The man with her kicks her out.
(c) The man with her calls the police.
(d) The man with her falls in love with her.

2. Which friendship/relationship goes bad first because of The Bet?
(a) Ray and Two Down.
(b) Ray and Dannie.
(c) Two Down and Dannie.
(d) Dannie and Hoover.

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

4. When Ray remembers back to his start in golfing, he describes giving up admission to Harvard to pursue golf at which university?
(a) University of Massachusetts.
(b) Boston Baptist College.
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(d) Boston College.

5. How does Ray's father act when Ray visits his office?
(a) Relieved.
(b) As if nothing has changed.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Sympathetic.

6. What is the reason Fletcher doesn't want to hire Ray?
(a) Fletcher and Ray do not get along well.
(b) Ray's father gave him a poor reference.
(c) Ray has a criminal background.
(d) Ray is white.

7. Why is it ironic that the participants chose that person to hold their wagers?
(a) He stole money from the Chops in the past.
(b) They hardly know him.
(c) He doesn't believe in gambling.
(d) He just finished a prison sentence.

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

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

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

11. What is the tone of Chapters 8 and 9?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Solemn.
(c) Tense.
(d) Relaxed.

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

13. Whom does Ray see from a distance one day at The Mayflower Club?
(a) His boss.
(b) Dannie.
(c) His father.
(d) Two Down.

14. What is a "Numeral"?
(a) A member of The Mayflower Club.
(b) A number.
(c) A golfer's score.
(d) A player at Ponky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the reason for the incident Ray mentions between his father and mother?

2. What sets Dannie apart from the other Chops?

3. Ray states that The Bet ruined his friendships, caused two women to leave him, and ____________.

4. Whom does Two Down plan to impersonate for his first plan to win The Bet, described in Chapter 7?

5. Hoover's real name, Alberto de Salvo, is shared with ________________.

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