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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs.Tinsley ask her husband to do for their son?
(a) Put him to bed.
(b) Take him to the doctor.
(c) Give him a bath.
(d) Wash his hair.

2. How many cowpunchers came across the dead man in The Blood Bay?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. The Tinsleys hear that their son has been going out and _____________.
(a) Firing a gun.
(b) Exposing himself.
(c) Shooting at cows.
(d) Tearing down fences.

4. Where does Diamond decide to go to school?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Texas.
(d) Wyoming.

5. Diamond's mother refused to raise her children on a ___________.
(a) Plantation.
(b) Ranch.
(c) Tour.
(d) Estate.

6. How many more sons did Ice Dunmire's wife bear once in Wyoming?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

7. How many children did the Tinsleys have following the death of their daughter?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

8. What store does Leeland Lee open after he quits trucking the second time in Job History?
(a) Clothing store.
(b) Meat processing store.
(c) Gas station.
(d) Feed store.

9. What is Mero's brother's name?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Manny.
(c) Rollo.
(d) James.

10. In what year is the story The Blood Bay set?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1900.

11. What is the name of the man whose house the cowpunchers stop at for the night in The Blood Bay?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Pace.
(c) Williams.
(d) Grice.

12. What causes Leeland Lee to quit trucking in Job History?
(a) His baby gets sick.
(b) His mother dies.
(c) His father gets sick.
(d) His wife leaves him.

13. The cowpunchers gain a place to stay in a man's ___________.
(a) Shed.
(b) Porch.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Living room.

14. Leeland's oldest son leases the old gas station to open a motorcycle repair shop and ___________.
(a) Bait shop.
(b) Auto sales store.
(c) Clothing store.
(d) Steak house.

15. Whom does Mero remember taking up to the caves?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) An anthropologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the character Diamond in The Mud Below?

2. Whom does Diamond's mother take him to meet?

3. The store that Leeland Lee and his wife open is in the same location as ______________.

4. Where had Mero's father taken a job, causing a rift in his family?

5. Where did Ice Dunmire's son go to work for a time before returning to the ranch?

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