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

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

3. What does Hud reply when Granddad asks Hud's opinion of the situation?
(a) They should wait and see what the vet says.
(b) He thinks they should try to sell the cattle across the border.
(c) Granddad is 15 years too late in asking.
(d) They should go for oil on the land.

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

5. What does Lonnie do in the middle of the night?
(a) Tries to write more of his book.
(b) Goes in to threaten Hud.
(c) Prays for a way to leave the ranch.
(d) Goes to Halmea's little house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the state vet bring on his return to the ranch?

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

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

4. Who is Hud?

5. Who is Jesse?

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