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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 determines who will win The Bet?
(a) A game of cards.
(b) A fight.
(c) The order of matches.
(d) Another bet.

2. What does Ray insist about the trophies?
(a) No trophies should be handed out.
(b) One should read "Alberto de Salvo."
(c) Hoover shouldn't receive one.
(d) Two Down shouldn't receive one.

3. What is the plan in Chapter 18 that someone comes up with to get Two Down out of his predicament?
(a) Kidnapping.
(b) Murder.
(c) Theft.
(d) Blackmail.

4. How does Ray raise the stakes of the bet in Chapter 19?
(a) He raises the amount wagered.
(b) He throws in his golf club and a Mayflower Club membership.
(c) He offers to turn Two Down into the police if he loses.
(d) He agrees to never talk to his father again if he loses.

5. How does Madeline react when she finds out about Ray's plan?
(a) She walks out on him.
(b) She calls the police to report him.
(c) She agrees to help him.
(d) She falls more in love with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hoover distract Concorde?

2. What does Ray learn about Madeline from her note?

3. What shocks Ray when the second half of the match starts?

4. What is the atmosphere at Ponky after The Bet?

5. What is Ray's father's motivation for the suggestion he makes?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Ray's father continues to invite him to play golf, what does Ray's father express an interest in buying? What does Ray realize are his father's motives for wanting to play golf together?

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

3. What is the challenge that gets Two Down in trouble, and how does it end at the golf course?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Dannie tell Ray that is critical when the two are discussing Dannie's relationship with Browning? Why is this significant?

7. What is the one solution Ray proposes for Two Down's problem that Two Down takes seriously?

8. When Crowbar arrives at the match, what does he reveal about Two Down?

9. What does Ray learn about Madeline from her letter.

10. Describe the atmosphere at Ponky after the match is over as related in the Epilogue.

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