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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. Where do the Numerals and the Chops gather to watch the match?
(a) The Mayflower Club.
(b) A bar that is televising the match.
(c) Ponky.
(d) Boston Municipal Golf Course.

2. Who ends up confessing to Dannie in Chapter 23?
(a) Thud.
(b) Two Down.
(c) Browning.
(d) Ray.

3. What is the solution to Two Down dropping out?
(a) Concorde selects a substitute.
(b) Ray forfeits.
(c) Ray plays alone against Concorde and his father.
(d) Two Down selects a substitute.

4. What do the Numerals and the Chops do once they are all together?
(a) Bet against each other.
(b) Ignore each other.
(c) Fight.
(d) Become friends.

5. Who ultimately comes up with a plan to help Two Down get out of his predicament?
(a) Two Down.
(b) Thud.
(c) Ray.
(d) Crowbar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thud do in response to Concorde making fun of him?

2. How does Hoover change after the match?

3. What does Concorde make fun of Thud for?

4. Who else had looked up information on Ray's club?

5. Why does Chunkin' Charlie stop going to Ponky much anymore?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Madeline get angry and leave Madeline's apartment?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. How do Ray and Two Down win the first round against Concorde and Ray's father?

9. 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?

10. When Thud comes back with photos of Concorde's affair, what do the Chops realize about the "mistress," and what do they decide to do about the information?

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