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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 insist about the trophies?
2. Whose absence is conspicuous to Ray?
3. What is noticeable about Concorde and Ray's father when they arrive to play?
4. How much does the winner of The Bet walk away with?
5. What shocks Ray when the second half of the match starts?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whom does Two Down see approaching in a golf cart at the end of Chapter 20, and why is he pleased?
2. What threat do Concorde and the Slavic man make against Two Down?
3. Why does Madeline get angry and leave Madeline's apartment?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter 16, after The Bet is over, how have the dynamics at Ponky changed?
6. After doing research at the library on his special club, the MacGregor 693, what does Ray find out?
7. How is Two Down's problem with Concorde initially resolved, and how does it backfire on him?
8. What change does the reader see in Hoover when he distracts Ray's father with talk about seeing his own shadow?
9. Why does Ray's father tell him not to score too high, and what does Ray realize about his father's motives?
10. Describe the atmosphere at Ponky after the match is over as related in the Epilogue.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the locket represent? In what ways is it more effective to include the locket as a symbol rather than explicitly state its meaning? What importance does it have in the novel? Why did the author choose that symbol?
Essay Topic 2
The author's background can sometimes reveal much about a text. Conduct research on the author and present both a short biography as well as a commentary on how his background plays a role in this novel.
Essay Topic 3
Using the theme of the book and the Epilogue as guides, make a prediction for Ray's future. How will his marriage to Dannie hold up over the years? What role will golf play in his life? What will happen with his relationship with his father? Use the text to support each prediction.
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