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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barrett safeguard unsure bets?
(a) He insures his money.
(b) He only bets borrowed money.
(c) He makes more than one bet when Paul isn't sure.
(d) He makes small bets when Paul isn't sure.

2. Who tells Paul's uncle about what he and Barrett talk about?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Joan.

3. Who often buys toys for the children?
(a) Mother.
(b) Paul.
(c) The nanny.
(d) Father.

4. What is Ascot?
(a) A betting hall.
(b) A champion fighter.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A race.

5. Where does Barrett think Paul got his talent?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Education.
(c) Nature.
(d) Hell.

6. How is Paul described as a child?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Morbid.
(c) Intense.
(d) Absent.

7. What does Joan do when Paul tells his uncle what she taught him?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Hits him.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Blushes.

8. What kind of hair does Paul have?
(a) Scraggly.
(b) Curly.
(c) Thin.
(d) Straight.

9. Why does Mother tell her children they are poor?
(a) They were all born.
(b) Their father is unlucky.
(c) She got sick.
(d) She spent the money.

10. What color are Paul's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

11. Who does Mother say gave Paul what she needs from him?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) God.
(c) Herself.
(d) His father.

12. What does Paul tell his uncle he knows a lot about?
(a) Money.
(b) Betting.
(c) Horses.
(d) Politics.

13. What is Paul's main motivation?
(a) His father's failure.
(b) His belief in God.
(c) His friendship with Barrett.
(d) His mother's problems.

14. What question does Paul ask that nobody else has?
(a) Where Father is.
(b) How to get rich.
(c) What money is.
(d) Why they are poor.

15. What bothers Joan about what Paul and Barrett talk about?
(a) It is always secret.
(b) It is all they ever talk about.
(c) It is juvenile.
(d) It is against the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paul's uncle's name?

2. Why is it strange for Mother to keep servants?

3. What is strange about what Paul makes his first bet on with his Uncle?

4. What disintegrates shortly after Mother gets married?

5. Who stores Paul's share of his winnings?

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