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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jesse?
(a) Hud's school buddy.
(b) The new hired hand.
(c) Halmea's grandson.
(d) Larry's half brother.

2. Of what does the state vet think the heifer died?
(a) Hoof-and-mouth disease.
(b) He has no idea.
(c) Unguent fever.
(d) Rabies.

3. About what does Lonnie reminisce in the Prologue?
(a) His father's recent death.
(b) His childhood on his family ranch in Texas.
(c) His upcoming marriage.
(d) His sister's recent death.

4. Who is Hud?
(a) Larry's brother.
(b) A cowboy who arrives from Montana.
(c) A son from Granny's prevoius marriage.
(d) A Mexican field hand.

5. What has happened to a heifer on the ranch?
(a) It has dropped dead.
(b) It has disappeared.
(c) It ripped itself on barbed wire.
(d) It has been wounded by a wild cat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Lonnie at the opening of Chapter 1?

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

4. Why is Granny going into the city?

5. What is one of Lonnie's grandfather's most noticeable characteristics?

(see the answer key)

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