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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hoover react to losing the bet with Two Down?
(a) Hits the hedge and puts a hole in it.
(b) Walks away.
(c) Throws his club into the lake.
(d) Hits Two Down.

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

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

4. The Bet was agreed upon by ______________.
(a) Two Down, Dannie, and Crowbar.
(b) Two Down, Ray, and Dannie.
(c) Ray, Dannie, and Hoover.
(d) Ray's father, Ray, and Two Down.

5. How much is the membership fee at The Mayflower Club?
(a) Free.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $100.
(d) $35,000.

6. What does Ray remember about his father?
(a) He was an alcoholic and critical.
(b) He loved Ray's mother very much.
(c) He was often gone on business trips.
(d) He was encouraging and supportive.

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

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

9. The Chops are a group of _______________.
(a) Stray dogs.
(b) Plumbers.
(c) Expert golfers.
(d) Bad golfers.

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

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

12. What else did Uncle Joe do to help and support Ray's pursuit of golf?
(a) Paid for Ray's college tuition.
(b) Paid for Ray's attempt at professional golf.
(c) Attended every one of Ray's matches.
(d) Bought Ray a new set of clubs.

13. Who is Ray's secret girlfriend?
(a) Dannie.
(b) Blue Chao.
(c) Two Down.
(d) Froghair.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What identity does Dannie assume when she makes her second attempt at winning The Bet?

2. Whom does Ray see from a distance one day at The Mayflower Club?

3. What is the outcome of Ray's third attempt?

4. Which friendship/relationship goes bad first because of The Bet?

5. Ray tells Fletcher that his name is _____________.

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