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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What identity does Dannie assume when she makes her second attempt at winning The Bet?
(a) An employee of a golf magazine.
(b) A Mayflower Club member.
(c) A woman stranded on the side of the road.
(d) A detective.

2. Ray refers to his father as a "part-time ________________."
(a) Writer.
(b) Golf commentator.
(c) Child murderer.
(d) Detective.

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

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) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(c) Boston College.
(d) Boston Baptist College.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character stops looking at The Mayflower Club?

2. Whom does Ray enlist to help him with his plan to win The Bet?

3. The Chops are a group of _______________.

4. Which person is integral to Dannie's first plan to win The Bet?

5. What happens between Ray and Madeline during Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ray remember as one of the most elaborate pranks he and Two Down played in high school?

2. Which character is the most obsessed with looking at The Mayflower Club and why?

3. Describe Two Down's attitude toward betting.

4. Who are the two people who catch Ray's attention most when he first starts working at The Mayflower Club, and what is each person doing?

5. While Ray is on his way to apply for the caddy job, how does he describe his golf background and his Uncle Joe's role in his life?

6. What is ironic about the location of Ponky and The Mayflower Club?

7. What did Ray do to try to get back into professional golf the season after his uncle's and brother's deaths? Did it work?

8. What term do the Chops use for members of The Mayflower Club and why?

9. What are some of the similarities seen in Chapter 3 between each golf course and its respective members?

10. What sort of abuse does Ray describe in Chapter 6 when discussing his father?

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