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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. Two Down was threatened with getting fired, a recall on his home loan, and ________________.
(a) Losing his marriage.
(b) Losing his club membership.
(c) Death.
(d) A forgery conviction.

2. 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.

3. How does Hoover distract Concorde?
(a) Plays with his own cell phone.
(b) Does exercises on the putting green.
(c) Performs the "shadow trick."
(d) Talks to him.

4. What do the Chops agree not to tell Dannie?
(a) Browning is having an affair with Concorde.
(b) Concorde is in love with her.
(c) Ray is in love with her.
(d) Ray helped with Concorde's murder.

5. Why does Ray confront Concorde during the match?
(a) Concorde stole money from Ray.
(b) Concorde is cheating.
(c) Concorde is beating Ray's father.
(d) Concorde is having an affair with Madeline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Concorde make fun of Thud for?

2. What does Madeline do with Ray's gift?

3. What does Ray's father convince him to do while they are playing a match?

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

5. Where do the Numerals and the Chops gather to watch the match?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, after The Bet is over, how have the dynamics at Ponky changed?

2. When Two Down tells Ray of the "double or nothing" golf match against Concorde to get himself out of trouble, Ray initially refuses to be Two Down's partner. What makes Ray change his mind?

3. Who serves as Ray's father's caddy during the first half of the match at Ponky, and what surprises Ray about his father's caddy during the second half?

4. How does Thud become involved in the match between Ray, Two Down, Concorde, and Ray's father? What is the effect on Concorde?

5. What threat do Concorde and the Slavic man make against Two Down?

6. After doing research at the library on his special club, the MacGregor 693, what does Ray find out?

7. How do things end for Ray and Dannie?

8. When Ray, Two Down, and Dannie all arrive at The Mayflower Club on the same morning and realize that all three have a match scheduled, what do they realize will determine the winner of The Bet?

9. Describe what Ray learns from other Numerals and from Madeline with only one round left to play in the match.

10. Which rule at The Mayflower Club is strictly enforced when the Chops follow Ray and Two Down for the second half of the match? Why is this ironic?

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