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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what circumstances does Pop tell Tex that he was conceived?
(a) His mother left his father because he was seeing other women
(b) Pop was in jail
(c) Pop left his mother
(d) It was before Pop and his mother were married

2. What does Jamie tell Tex that everyone else did in public, but she did only in private?
(a) Cry
(b) Yell at Lem
(c) Talk to Tex
(d) Talk to the police

3. Why doesn't Tex stop Lem from making one stop on his way back to the city?
(a) Because he is looking for a fight
(b) Because he is emotionally distraught
(c) Because he hopes Lem will stop at his house
(d) Because he has no control over what Lem does

4. Who is the first person Tex talks to upon waking in the hospital?
(a) Mason
(b) Johnny
(c) Pop
(d) Jamie

5. What do Tex and Mason decide to do as the book closes?
(a) Go visit Jamie and Johnny
(b) Go hunting
(c) Go fishing
(d) Go read a book

6. Where did Mason attack Lem?
(a) In the police station
(b) In the waiting room
(c) In the parking lot
(d) At the phone booth

7. What do Mason and Cole discuss when Cole arrives at the vice principal's office?
(a) What punishment the school should dish out
(b) Whose fault it is this time
(c) Why Mason is there instead of Pop
(d) Who needed to take care of the situation

8. What does Tex realize about Lem?
(a) That he is just another person who will dump him
(b) That he is a trouble maker
(c) That he only cares about himself
(d) That he is not that smart

9. Why don't the people Lem is talking to want Tex to go outside and wait?
(a) They think he is going for a weapon
(b) They think he will leave and they will not get their money
(c) They think he is a narc
(d) They think he will call the police

10. Who is Johnny most worried about finding out about the prank?
(a) Jamie
(b) Principal
(c) Vice Principal
(d) Cole

11. How does Pop explain Tex's mother contracted pneumonia?
(a) She was mad at him and walked to a dance in the snow and cold
(b) He would not allow her to go to the doctor
(c) He could not afford to pay for heat during the winter
(d) She refused to go to the doctor for any treatment

12. What revelation does Mason make about Tex?
(a) That Mason is Tex's father
(b) That Tex is to be expelled
(c) That Tex is going to be sent away to go to school
(d) That Pop is not his father

13. What will Tex be able to start in the next week once he is well enough?
(a) Riding motorbikes with Johnny
(b) Summer school
(c) Vacation with Jamie
(d) The summer job with the horses

14. Why does Tex say he will never shoot anything again?
(a) Because he knows how it feels
(b) Because he is afraid of guns
(c) Because he made a promise to God
(d) Because he no longer has the guts to kill things

15. What does Lem tell his wife to do?
(a) Come and pick he and Tex up
(b) Call the ambulance
(c) Get rid of all the drugs
(d) Pack the baby up so they can flee to another city

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one topic that Johnny and Tex cannot talk to each other about?

2. What prank are Johnny and Tex planning at the beginning of chapter nine?

3. Who does Lem call when he takes the phone from Tex?

4. What does Pop announce he is finished with?

5. Why does Mason have a bandage on his head?

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