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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is banging on the front door, which awakens Tex?
(a) Jamie
(b) Lem
(c) Johnny
(d) Cole

2. How does Tex feel about the thought of Mason leaving home?
(a) Excited
(b) Reassured
(c) Frightened
(d) Relieved

3. How do Tex and Johnny get to school at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Horseback
(b) Truck
(c) Motorbike
(d) School bus

4. Where is Mason and Tex's father?
(a) Fixing the furnace
(b) On the rodeo circuit
(c) The author does not tell the reader about their father
(d) At his work

5. What activity does Tex enjoy doing before going to school?
(a) Riding his motorbike
(b) Running
(c) Playing basketball
(d) Riding his horse

6. What is the main problem of this chapter?
(a) No heat in the house
(b) Lack of money
(c) Father away at the rodeo circuit
(d) Lost horses

7. What happens when Tex returns home after the party?
(a) He passes out
(b) He goes to the barn to look for his horse
(c) He goes straight to bed
(d) He gets sick

8. How does Tex get out of the situation at the sporting goods store?
(a) Goes with the police
(b) Waits for Mason to come and vouch for his character
(c) Agrees to work to pay off any costs
(d) Talks his way out of it

9. Which character regularly gets in trouble in school?
(a) Bob
(b) Tex
(c) Jamie
(d) Johnny

10. Who is Cole?
(a) Jamie's brother
(b) Tex's father
(c) Jamie's father
(d) Mason's friend

11. Where is the fair?
(a) 20 miles from their home
(b) Down the road from their home
(c) Further away in the country
(d) 50 miles from their home

12. What could it be said that Tex helps Johnny recover by making the jump?
(a) Health
(b) Reputation
(c) Dignity
(d) Success

13. Which of the following characters is NOT a member of Tex's family?
(a) Pop
(b) Mason
(c) Bob
(d) Johnny

14. Which word best describes how Tex feels when he first wakes up in the morning?
(a) Sullen
(b) Angry
(c) Relieved
(d) Hungover

15. How long has Pop been gone?
(a) Months
(b) Weeks
(c) Years
(d) Days

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tex accused of in the outdoor sporting goods store?

2. What does Cole demand to Mason?

3. What was the name of the novel Tex read for a book report in English which he really enjoyed reading?

4. What did Tex do to an art project which got him in trouble?

5. Which word best describes what Cole hopes to do to Mason and Tex?

(see the answer keys)

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