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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. Where do the Numerals and the Chops gather to watch the match?
2. With only two rounds left to play in Chapter 24, what does Ray's father offer him?
3. When Ray looks up information on his club, what does he find out?
4. What does Madeline tell Ray in Chapter 24?
5. What do the Numerals and the Chops do once they are all together?
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. After Ray's father continues to invite him to play golf, what does Ray's father express an interest in buying? What does Ray realize are his father's motives for wanting to play golf together?
3. What is the challenge that gets Two Down in trouble, and how does it end at the golf course?
4. Which rule at The Mayflower Club is strictly enforced when the Chops follow Ray and Two Down for the second half of the match? Why is this ironic?
5. After doing research at the library on his special club, the MacGregor 693, what does Ray find out?
6. What change does the reader see in Hoover when he distracts Ray's father with talk about seeing his own shadow?
7. When Ray, Two Down, and Dannie all arrive at The Mayflower Club on the same morning and realize that all three have a match scheduled, what do they realize will determine the winner of The Bet?
8. How do Ray and Two Down win the first round against Concorde and Ray's father?
9. What threat do Concorde and the Slavic man make against Two Down?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses dialogue throughout the text to develop each character. What is revealed specifically through dialogue about the following characters: Ray, Two Down, Ray's father, and Dannie.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Reflect on the diction that Reilly uses in Chapter 4. Is it effective in presenting the story and moving the plot forward? Is it believable, or do you believe that the characters don't actually talk that way? What kind of atmosphere does Reilly's diction create in the novel?
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