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

2. Who is Halmea?
(a) The Black cook.
(b) The maid on the neighbor's farm.
(c) An old Black man who used to be the gardener.
(d) Hud's current girlfriend.

3. What was life like before the arrival of mass communication?
(a) Slower.
(b) More interesting.
(c) Families were closer.
(d) More dangerous.

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

5. What does Hud do every night after work?
(a) Stays in his room in the bunkhouse drinking.
(b) Helps care for his ailing grandmother.
(c) Learns to read.
(d) Goes into town to dance and to rodeos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Jesse complain?

2. Who is Mr. Burris?

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

4. What has happened to a heifer on the ranch?

5. What does the state vet take with him for examination?

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