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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the strain less dangerous?
(a) If it takes a couple weeks to kill since it then infects more.
(b) If it can be passed by touch.
(c) If it kills within 5 days.
(d) If it can infect across species.

2. What else has technology done?
(a) Changed things forever.
(b) Helped save Lonnie's sister's life.
(c) Helped save Lonnie's father's life.
(d) Made Lonnie's family lose their farm.

3. How does Larry feel about Hud?
(a) Adores him.
(b) Looks up to him and hopes to be like him.
(c) Envies him but avoids him.
(d) Hates him.

4. Who drives Lonnie's friends home?
(a) A Texas Ranger.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The cousin.
(d) Lonnie.

5. Where does Lonnie go when he leaves the ranch?
(a) To a brothel in the city.
(b) To a pool hall in Thalia.
(c) To visit the neighbor's teenage daughter.
(d) To try to find the source of the cattle's illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Hud as a cowboy?

2. About what does Lonnie reminisce in the Prologue?

3. What do Lonnie, Jesse and Lonzo do in Thalia?

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

5. What does Hud do to anyone who seems weak?

(see the answer key)

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