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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jesse do as the others return to the house?
(a) Go into town to call the state vet.
(b) Go to visit his girlfriend who is the cook at the nearest neighbor's.
(c) Go to search for the heifer.
(d) Stay in the pasture.

2. What is one of Lonnie's grandfather's most noticeable characteristics?
(a) Meanness.
(b) Frugality.
(c) Grumpiness.
(d) Patience.

3. How old is Lonnie at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) 22.
(b) 15.
(c) 33.
(d) 17.

4. Who is Newt Garrett?
(a) The local horse doctor.
(b) The principal at Larry's school.
(c) Granny's doctor.
(d) A man Hud beat in poker.

5. What does Halmea think Jesse needs?
(a) To work as a mechanic at the new service station.
(b) A wife and children.
(c) A job on a more modern ranch.
(d) To move to California, the land of opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lonnie think young people want to do in the present?

2. What is Larry's grandmother's most outstanding characteristic?

3. Why does Hud stay in town the night before he is to take Granny to the city?

4. Who is Mr. Burris?

5. What does Hud do to anyone who seems weak?

(see the answer key)

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