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

2. What do Lonnie, Jesse and Lonzo do in Thalia?
(a) Try to pick up girls.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Have ice cream at the soda fountain.
(d) Register for school.

3. Why is Mr. Burris dismayed?
(a) Because Granny is not there for him to see her.
(b) Because they opened up the heifer's carcass.
(c) Because Jesse is working as a ranch hand.
(d) Because Lonnie and his friends made so much noise in the show.

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

5. Who does Lonnie see in Thalia?
(a) A poster about the upcoming state fair.
(b) His buddies.
(c) A girl with whom he wants to go out.
(d) A two-headed cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Jesse complain?

2. Why doesn't Granddad want to call the state vet?

3. What does Newt say about the heifer?

4. Who is Hud?

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

(see the answer key)

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