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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Burris?
(a) The state vet.
(b) The movie theater manager in Thalia.
(c) Jesse's uncle.
(d) An old friend of Granddad.

2. Of what does Jesse complain?
(a) That the girl he wanted to meet is with some other man.
(b) That he has the worst luck.
(c) That his brother took most of the family's money.
(d) That his brother does not share his wages with their mother.

3. What if the strain of disease only infects cows?
(a) Then all the cows can be innoculated and it will die out.
(b) Then it is the most dangerous type.
(c) It can either be dangerous or harmless.
(d) Then it can be contained very rapidly.

4. What is one of Lonnie's grandfather's most noticeable characteristics?
(a) Frugality.
(b) Grumpiness.
(c) Meanness.
(d) Patience.

5. Why is Granny going into the city?
(a) For cataract surgery.
(b) For kidney surgery.
(c) To purchase new furniture.
(d) To be with her daughter who is having a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the men work with the cattle?

2. What does Hud reply when Granddad asks Hud's opinion of the situation?

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

4. What happens to Lonnie when he is getting a cow into the chute?

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

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