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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. What does Two Down decide to do in order to secure a match at The Mayflower Club?
(a) Sneak in at night.
(b) Bribe an employee.
(c) Impersonate a member.
(d) Enter the employee-only tournament.

2. Where does Two Down work that gives him the ability to do research for The Bet?
(a) The phone company.
(b) Ponky.
(c) The local newspaper.
(d) The police department.

3. After leaving the professional golf tour following Travis' death, what did Ray do to attempt a return to the tour?
(a) Begged for another chance.
(b) Asked his father for money.
(c) Won a golf tournament.
(d) Sold his house.

4. How did Travis die?
(a) Jumping from the car.
(b) He drowned.
(c) Jumping off a bridge.
(d) Cancer.

5. Whom does Ray enlist to help him with his plan to win The Bet?
(a) Hoover and Crowbar.
(b) Captain Roberts and Hoover.
(c) Froghair and Ray's father.
(d) Dannie and Thud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Fletcher doesn't want to hire Ray?

2. Who introduced Ray to golf?

3. What was the reason for the incident Ray mentions between his father and mother?

4. At what point does Dannie's plan fall apart?

5. What realization prompts Ray's first attempt at winning The Bet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Ray's family history.

2. What is Ray's second plan to win The Bet, described in Chapter 9?

3. Among the Chops, who is more of a leader at Ponky in the first two chapters, Ray or Two Down? Why?

4. Why is Thud, an ex-con, chosen to hold the money for The bet?

5. What term do the Chops use for members of The Mayflower Club and why?

6. Describe Two Down's attitude toward betting.

7. Briefly describe Ray's plan to win The Bet in Chapter 8 and why it fails.

8. What happens with the flirting between Ray and Madeline in Chapter 13?

9. What is Ray's third plan to win The Bet, and what happens when he attempts it?

10. What is ironic about the location of Ponky and The Mayflower Club?

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