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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 do the Chops agree not to tell Dannie?
2. How do the Chops react when Dannie arrives with Browning?
3. Who else had looked up information on Ray's club?
4. Whose absence is conspicuous to Ray?
5. Where will the golf match planned in Chapter 19 take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ray do that he hopes will convince Two Down to drop the kidnapping plan?
2. What does Ray learn about Madeline from her letter.
3. Why does Ray's father tell him not to score too high, and what does Ray realize about his father's motives?
4. How do Ray and Two Down win the first round against Concorde and Ray's father?
5. After doing research at the library on his special club, the MacGregor 693, what does Ray find out?
6. What is Ray's additional bet with his father?
7. Describe what Ray learns from other Numerals and from Madeline with only one round left to play in the match.
8. 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?
9. What is the one solution Ray proposes for Two Down's problem that Two Down takes seriously?
10. What is the challenge that gets Two Down in trouble, and how does it end at the golf course?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author's opinion about gambling and betting? How does the author use tone to make a personal statement about gambling and betting? What effect does the tone have on the reader and the reader's beliefs?
Essay Topic 2
How does the author create suspense to keep the reader interested? What are the events that contribute to a feeling of suspense? What effect do they have on the reader? Is the reader's curiosity satisfied by the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
At the beginning of Chapter 8, how motivated does Ray seem to be to win The Bet? Given his failure at the end of the chapter, how motivated do you think he really was? Do the conflict and the flashback help move Ray closer to winning The Bet? Explain your opinion.
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