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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. Why does Ray confront Concorde during the match?
2. Whose funeral are the Numerals talking about attending?
3. How does Hoover change after the match?
4. After watching Madeline walk away, what does Ray decide to do?
5. What does Ray's father want to buy from Ray that motivates him to invite Ray for drinks?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Ray and Two Down win the first round against Concorde and Ray's father?
2. What is Ray's additional bet with his father?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. Describe what happens when Dannie arrives at The Mayflower Club with Browning.
6. What does Ray learn about Madeline from her letter.
7. How do things end for Ray and Dannie?
8. What change does the reader see in Hoover when he distracts Ray's father with talk about seeing his own shadow?
9. 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?
10. What is the one solution Ray proposes for Two Down's problem that Two Down takes seriously?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What examples are there of foreshadowing in Ray's relationship with Madeline? How does the author use foreshadowing to move the plot forward?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the tragic or negative events that Ray describes. Given the events of Ray's past and the feelings he has about those events, why is it ironic that Ray claims to never have been depressed? Explain your reasoning.
Essay Topic 3
Make the connection between the setting and what we learn about the characters in the novel. Choose three overall adjectives to describe the setting at Ponky. Compare those adjectives to the characters and their actions. Do the characters have anything in common with the setting? If so, what do they have in common? List examples as evidence. If not, how are the characters different from the setting in which their actions take place? Address the same questions, using three adjectives to describe The Mayflower Club.
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