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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Lonnie leave the stockyard?
(a) A boy who is talking incessantly.
(b) His granddad gives him money to go buy something.
(c) Hud tells him to get out of there.
(d) His granny wants him to get some groceries.

2. Why is Hud angry with Halmea?
(a) She does not say sir to him.
(b) She burns a hole in his trousers.
(c) She is not there to serve him.
(d) She ruins his good white shirt.

3. Who does Lonnie see in Thalia?
(a) A two-headed cow.
(b) A poster about the upcoming state fair.
(c) A girl with whom he wants to go out.
(d) His buddies.

4. Why does Hud stay in town the night before he is to take Granny to the city?
(a) He is avoiding a storm.
(b) He runs out of gas and has to wait for the station to open.
(c) He gets drunk and falls asleep.
(d) He is with a woman.

5. What do all the men start doing the next morning?
(a) Branding.
(b) Rounding up cattle.
(c) Fixing their riding gear.
(d) Culling young bulls from the herd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granddad call money from oil?

2. How does Lonnie deal with his restlessness?

3. Who always wins?

4. Why does the storekeeper ignore the situation with Lonnie and his friends?

5. What does the state vet do to the ranch?

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