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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What club rule is enforced strictly for the second half, even though so many others are ignored?

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

5. When Ray is at The Mayflower Club with his father, what does he give to Madeline?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do things end for Ray and Dannie?

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

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

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

7. Describe what happens when Dannie arrives at The Mayflower Club with Browning.

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses dialogue throughout the text to develop each character. What is revealed specifically through dialogue about the following characters: Ray, Two Down, Ray's father, and Dannie.

Essay Topic 2

The author's background can sometimes reveal much about a text. Conduct research on the author and present both a short biography as well as a commentary on how his background plays a role in this novel.

Essay Topic 3

How did the author develop the character of Ray's father in Chapters 1-8? How does the author continue this character development in Chapter 9? How does the description of one character (Uncle Joe) help us understand more about another character who isn't even mentioned (Ray's father)?

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