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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granddad call money from oil?
(a) Meaningless.
(b) Easy.
(c) Private money from public interest.
(d) Tainted.

2. What does Halmea do with the family's dinner?
(a) Does not cook it.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Puts it in the stove.
(d) Sets it on the table long before dinner.

3. Who drives Lonnie's friends home?
(a) Lonnie.
(b) The cousin.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) A Texas Ranger.

4. Why does Lonnie keep working after he is hurt?
(a) There is a girl there he is trying to impress.
(b) He doesn't realize how badly he is injured.
(c) He fears ridicule.
(d) There is so much to do.

5. What do Lonnie and his granddad find after working on rounding up the cattle?
(a) There is no dinner ready for them.
(b) Hud has called in petroleum engineers.
(c) Granny has shot Hud.
(d) The vet is wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Lonnie in the night?

2. What is Halmea doing with Granny in town?

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

4. What does Hud say about Halmea when Lonnie asks?

5. Who returns as Lonnie is just getting up the next morning?

(see the answer key)

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