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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. How does Dannie respond when Ray confronts her about her relationship with Browning?
2. Where does Thud hide in order to execute the plan in Chapter 18?
3. What does Crowbar say to Two down?
4. When Ray is at The Mayflower Club with his father, what does he give to Madeline?
5. What does Two Down do to help win the match in Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what Ray learns from other Numerals and from Madeline with only one round left to play in the match.
2. How do Ray and Two Down win the first round against Concorde and Ray's father?
3. Why does Madeline get angry and leave Madeline's apartment?
4. How is Two Down's problem with Concorde initially resolved, and how does it backfire on him?
5. 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?
6. What is the challenge that gets Two Down in trouble, and how does it end at the golf course?
7. What threat do Concorde and the Slavic man make against Two Down?
8. At the beginning of Chapter 24, what does Ray's father offer him? What does Ray do?
9. How does Thud become involved in the match between Ray, Two Down, Concorde, and Ray's father? What is the effect on Concorde?
10. When Crowbar arrives at the match, what does he reveal about Two Down?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author create suspense to keep the reader interested? What are the events that contribute to a feeling of suspense? What effect do they have on the reader? Is the reader's curiosity satisfied by the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What narration in the latter part of the novel indicates that Ray has reached a new level of introspection and is going beyond simple storytelling? What analysis does Ray do in this chapter of himself? Of his father? How does his introspection affect the plot and Ray's decision to end the match in a tie?
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