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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dannie respond to the confession in Chapter 23?
(a) Attacks and injures Two Down.
(b) Attacks Browning.
(c) Hits Ray.
(d) Cries and leaves.

2. How does Thud re-establish order in Chapter 23?
(a) Literally throws people off the course.
(b) Removes Two Down from the course.
(c) Makes verbal threats.
(d) Brandishes a pistol.

3. How are the details of Ray's plan confirmed while he is at home?
(a) His father calls to confirm.
(b) Two Down calls to confirm.
(c) He sees a news story about The Mayflower Club.
(d) Madeline comes over.

4. What does Ray have to do to get ready for the second half?
(a) Call Madeline.
(b) Have a talk with his father.
(c) Buy a new pair of pants.
(d) Brainstorm ways to cheat.

5. How does Ray help Two Down enter the match in Chapter 19?
(a) He puts up the $8,000 needed.
(b) He convinces his father to agreet to the terms.
(c) He convinces Concorde to agree to the terms.
(d) He threatens his father.

6. Whom does Crowbar offer to help?
(a) Ray's father.
(b) Ray.
(c) Two Down.
(d) Concorde.

7. Whose absence is conspicuous to Ray?
(a) Froghair.
(b) Crowbar.
(c) Dannie.
(d) Thud.

8. How does Ray respond to Madeline's reaction to his plan?
(a) He ransacks her apartment.
(b) He gets drunk and tries to make up with her.
(c) He leaves her.
(d) He also falls more in love with her.

9. Who does Concorde bring with him to Two Down's house in Chapter 19?
(a) Crowbar.
(b) The Slavic man.
(c) Ray's father.
(d) The police.

10. Why are the Chops angry with Crowbar?
(a) He doesn't seem to care about the match.
(b) He has been helping Two Down cheat to win bets against them.
(c) He arrived late.
(d) He cursed at Two Down.

11. What is the atmosphere at Ponky's in the Epilogue?
(a) Festive and friendly.
(b) Hopeless.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Solemn.

12. What does Two Down have to do to absolve his debt to Concorde?
(a) Burn the pictures and negatives.
(b) Pay over time.
(c) Move out of town.
(d) Pay in full within two days.

13. How do Ray and Hoover pull ahead with only one round to go?
(a) Two Down cheats.
(b) Ray makes an unconventional shot.
(c) Ray cheats.
(d) Hoover makes a hole-in-one.

14. When Ray is at The Mayflower Club with his father, what does he give to Madeline?
(a) A note.
(b) A ring.
(c) A locket.
(d) A picture of them.

15. Which Chop is absent from Ponky's after becoming the first black member of The Mayflower Club?
(a) Froghair.
(b) Cementhead.
(c) Thud.
(d) Crowbar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else had looked up information on Ray's club?

2. Before she leaves, what does Madeline give to Ray?

3. What mood is Crowbar in when he approaches Two Down in Chapter 21?

4. What does Ray decide to do with the club?

5. What does Two Down give Hoover to improve his game?

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