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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Lonnie leave the stockyard?
(a) His granny wants him to get some groceries.
(b) A boy who is talking incessantly.
(c) Hud tells him to get out of there.
(d) His granddad gives him money to go buy something.

2. How is Hud as a cowboy?
(a) He is good at what he does.
(b) He's a great roper but not very good with horses.
(c) He is not a cowboy.
(d) He is a bit of a fumbler.

3. Why doesn't Granddad want to call the state vet?
(a) He doesn't want the government to shut him down.
(b) He hasn't the money to pay the man.
(c) He will call the man when they find the heifer.
(d) He hates the government.

4. What does the state vet do to the ranch?
(a) Tell Granddad that the cattle must be shot.
(b) Put it under quarantine.
(c) Temporarily clear it for moving healthy cattle.
(d) Nothing.

5. What has technology done to the rural way of life?
(a) Made it harder.
(b) Made it less appealing.
(c) Made it easier.
(d) Pushed it aside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hud predict about the cattle?

2. What does Halmea do that is meaningful to Lonnie?

3. Why had Hud advised Granddad not to buy the cattle that was infected?

4. Who is Newt Garrett?

5. Of what does the state vet think the heifer died?

(see the answer key)

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