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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Granddad feel about his cows?
(a) The cattle actually belong to a neighbor.
(b) They are his livelihood.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They are what he does.

3. What does Mr. Burris bring with him to the ranch?
(a) A vaccine for the cattle.
(b) An order from the State Agriculture Department.
(c) A questionnaire for them to fill out.
(d) News.

4. How is Hud the night Halmea goes out?
(a) Drunk and belligerent.
(b) Nice.
(c) He is not there.
(d) Happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Hud as a cowboy?

2. Who does Lonnie see in Thalia?

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

4. Who does the state vet bring on his return to the ranch?

5. What does Lonnie think young people want to do in the present?

(see the answer key)

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