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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 confess to Ray one time during a match?
(a) He is in love with Dannie.
(b) He is getting a divorce.
(c) He is deep in debt to Concorde.
(d) He cheated on his taxes.

2. Who surprises Ray by arriving at the course in Chapter 24?
(a) Ray's mother.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Deisha.
(d) Chunkin' Charlie.

3. Why does Ray go along with Two Down?
(a) Ray has come to hate Concorde.
(b) Two Down's opponents are Concorde and Ray's father.
(c) Ray never liked Two Down's wife.
(d) Ray doesn't want his club anymore.

4. How does Ray convince Two Down that everything will be alright?
(a) He offers his club to sell to pay the debt.
(b) He offers to hire Two Down so Two Down earns enough money to pay the debt.
(c) He reminds Two Down of times in the past when they got out of trouble.
(d) He personally pays Concorde.

5. Whose absence is conspicuous to Ray?
(a) Froghair.
(b) Thud.
(c) Dannie.
(d) Crowbar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do The Bet participants head after the match?

2. What does Ray jokingly suggest as a solution for Two Down's trouble?

3. Who ends up confessing to Dannie in Chapter 23?

4. What is the solution to Two Down dropping out?

5. What do the Chops agree not to tell Dannie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ray learn about Madeline from her letter.

2. What change does the reader see in Hoover when he distracts Ray's father with talk about seeing his own shadow?

3. 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?

4. What does Dannie tell Ray that is critical when the two are discussing Dannie's relationship with Browning? Why is this significant?

5. What does Ray do that he hopes will convince Two Down to drop the kidnapping plan?

6. Describe what happens when Dannie arrives at The Mayflower Club with Browning.

7. How does Thud become involved in the match between Ray, Two Down, Concorde, and Ray's father? What is the effect on Concorde?

8. In Chapter 16, after The Bet is over, how have the dynamics at Ponky changed?

9. What threat do Concorde and the Slavic man make against Two Down?

10. How do Ray and Two Down win the first round against Concorde and Ray's father?

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