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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hud stay in town the night before he is to take Granny to the city?
(a) He runs out of gas and has to wait for the station to open.
(b) He is avoiding a storm.
(c) He gets drunk and falls asleep.
(d) He is with a woman.

2. Why does Hud resent Granddad about Hud going off to WWII?
(a) Granddad calls the army and tells them Hud has not registered for the draft.
(b) Granddad has the power to keep him out of the war and does not do so.
(c) Granddad tries to keep him from enlisting.
(d) Granddad mistreats Hud's mother while Hud is gone.

3. What is Larry's grandmother's most outstanding characteristic?
(a) Crabbiness with complaints.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Spitefullness.
(d) Kindness.

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

5. What is the one exciting event of the year for the town of Thalia?
(a) Branding time.
(b) The rodeo.
(c) Roundup.
(d) The State Fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What if the strain of disease only infects cows?

2. About what does Lonnie reminisce in the Prologue?

3. What does Lonnie do in the middle of the night?

4. What do all the men start doing the next morning?

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

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