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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 does Hoover do for a living?

2. What is the name of the caddy Ray especially likes?

3. Why does Dannie's plan fail?

4. What is Two Down told when he schedules a match at The Mayflower Club?

5. In a game between Hoover and Two Down in Chapter 2, what distracts Hoover and causes him to lose his bet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does The Bet have on the atmosphere at Ponky?

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

3. What did Ray do to try to get back into professional golf the season after his uncle's and brother's deaths? Did it work?

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

5. Why does Ray lose his job at The Mayflower Club?

6. Briefly describe Two Down's second plan to win The Bet, described in Chapter 13.

7. To whom was Ray once married, and what happened to their marriage?

8. What is Dannie's second plan to win The Bet, and what happens when she attempts it?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What examples are there of foreshadowing in Ray's relationship with Madeline? How does the author use foreshadowing to move the plot forward?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the events that arise in the last scene of Chapter 24, thrusting Ray into a place of internal conflict. Explain the decision he makes and analyze the growth his decision shows has taken place in him.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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