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

2. When Ray looks up information on his club, what does he find out?
(a) It's hardly worth anything.
(b) It's worth double what his father offered.
(c) It's a fake.
(d) It's worth enough to get Two Down out of trouble.

3. How much does Ray's father offer to pay Ray for the item he wants to purchase from him?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $16,500.

4. What does Dannie do with her free time after The Bet is over?
(a) Hangs out at Ponky.
(b) Goes to a second job.
(c) Spends it with Browning.
(d) Plays at The Mayflower Club.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ray respond to Madeline's reaction to his plan?

3. What effect does Crowbar's action have on Two Down?

4. How do the Chops react when Dannie arrives with Browning?

5. What is so significant about Chunkin' Charlie in Ray's life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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