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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. Who agrees to go in with Deucey to purchase Little Spinoza?
(a) Earlie Beaufait.
(b) Medicine Ed and Maggie.
(c) Jojo and Donald.
(d) D'Ambisi and Two-Tie.

2. How old is Medicine Ed in Chapter 1?
(a) 68.
(b) 59.
(c) 76.
(d) 72.

3. Who is the exercise girl at the racetrack that Deucey is attracted to?
(a) Alice.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Natalie.

4. To whom is Maggie compared in Chapter 13?
(a) Anne Frank.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) Mary.
(d) Athena.

5. Who is the vet that castrates Little Spinoza?
(a) Haslipp.
(b) Medicine Ed.
(c) Jojo Wood.
(d) Lillian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Medicine Ed rub in his pocket before the race in Chapter 20?

2. What is Zeno holding when he goes to talk to Tommy in Chapter 8?

3. Maggie tells Little Spinoza in Chapter 15 that sex is a form of what?

4. For what periodical did Maggie write food columns prior to coming to Indian Mound Downs?

5. What is the name of Two-Tie's dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Two-Tie's character presented in the novel? What are his objectives?

2. How does Tommy's behavior toward Maggie change in Chapter 16? What is significant about this change in his behavior?

3. How has Two-Tie's behavior changed in Chapter 17? What are the impacts of the changes in Two-Tie's character?

4. What demand does Two-Tie make of Vernon during their phone conversation in Chapter 17? Why does he make this demand?

5. What inner conflicts does Maggie face in Chapter 15?

6. What causes Medicine Ed's luck to change following the first race?

7. What crucial information does Tommy reveal to Joe Dale during their conversation in Chapter 19?

8. How are Boll Weevil and the Mahdi compared to one another as they prepare for the first race?

9. What comparisons does Two-Tie make to the card players at his house in Chapter 11?

10. What does the blue Cadillac come to represent in the narrative?

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