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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 Ray have to do to come up with the money to buy into The Bet?

2. How does Ray describe the decor of the caddy facility at The Mayflower Club?

3. Whom does Two Down plan to impersonate for his first plan to win The Bet, described in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Ray's secret girlfriend?

5. What is the security guard doing while Ray and Hoover play a match?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What sort of abuse does Ray describe in Chapter 6 when discussing his father?

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

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

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

6. Describe Ponkaquogue (Ponky), giving details of the interior and exterior.

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

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

9. While Ray is on his way to apply for the caddy job, how does he describe his golf background and his Uncle Joe's role in his life?

10. Describe the two tragic events that took Ray away from professional golf.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Make the connection between the setting and what we learn about the characters in the novel. Choose three overall adjectives to describe the setting at Ponky. Compare those adjectives to the characters and their actions. Do the characters have anything in common with the setting? If so, what do they have in common? List examples as evidence. If not, how are the characters different from the setting in which their actions take place? Address the same questions, using three adjectives to describe The Mayflower Club.

Essay Topic 2

Ray and his father are contrasted throughout the novel, but there are certain similarities between them. Compare and contrast the two characters in terms of motivation,character traits, and character interaction.

Essay Topic 3

What is the topic of this book? What is the theme? Where in the book is the theme most clear? How does the author support the development of the theme throughout the book? List specific examples.

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