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

2. Who surprises Ray by arriving at the course in Chapter 24?
(a) Deisha.
(b) Chunkin' Charlie.
(c) Ray's mother.
(d) Madeline.

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

4. In Chapter 17, where does Ray take Two Down to convince him?
(a) Home.
(b) Ponky to meet the others.
(c) A bar to meet the others.
(d) Concorde's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ray confront Concorde during the match?

2. Where will the golf match planned in Chapter 19 take place?

3. Why do Concorde and Ray's father lose the first round?

4. Who ends up confessing to Dannie in Chapter 23?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What might be Ray's motivation for intentionally committing a violation in the last round, forcing the match to end in a tie?

3. What change does the reader see in Hoover when he distracts Ray's father with talk about seeing his own shadow?

4. What plan does Thud come up with to help Two Down instead of kidnapping?

5. What is Ray's additional bet with his father?

6. 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?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 24, what does Ray's father offer him? What does Ray do?

8. Why does Ray's father tell him not to score too high, and what does Ray realize about his father's motives?

9. What does Ray do that he hopes will convince Two Down to drop the kidnapping plan?

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

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