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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Granddad respond to Lonzo's suggestion?
(a) He plans to start moving the cattle to the hills the next morning.
(b) He calls in another vet.
(c) He tells everyone they don't have time to rest.
(d) He wants to wait to see the outcome.

2. Who lives on the family ranch with Lonnie?
(a) His grandparents and uncle.
(b) His parents and two siblings.
(c) His brother.
(d) His wife and child.

3. What did Lonzo do all night?
(a) Guard the cow from buzzards.
(b) Keep Hud from doing something stupid.
(c) Sleep in the hayloft with a woman.
(d) Work on the book he is writing.

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 gets drunk and falls asleep.
(c) He is with a woman.
(d) He runs out of gas and has to wait for the station to open.

5. What does the state vet take with him for examination?
(a) Blood specimens from several other of the cattle.
(b) The heifer's tongue.
(c) The heifer's brain.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has technology done to the rural way of life?

2. What do all the men start doing the next morning?

3. Who is Newt Garrett?

4. What does a visiting cousin insist?

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

(see the answer key)

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