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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halmea do that is meaningful to Lonnie?
(a) She kisses him on the forehead.
(b) She reads to him while he is sick.
(c) She sponges his face.
(d) She brings him lemonade.

2. What does Hud predict about the cattle?
(a) They don't have the disease.
(b) They will all have to die.
(c) They will be saved by the new antibiotics.
(d) They can be sold to Mexicans if Granddad will let him.

3. What happens to Lonnie when he is getting a cow into the chute?
(a) He slips and twists an ankle.
(b) He gets kicked into the fence and gets a concussion.
(c) He breaks his leg.
(d) He breaks his wrist.

4. Of what does the state vet think the heifer died?
(a) Hoof-and-mouth disease.
(b) Unguent fever.
(c) Rabies.
(d) He has no idea.

5. Where does Lonnie go when he leaves the ranch?
(a) To visit the neighbor's teenage daughter.
(b) To a pool hall in Thalia.
(c) To try to find the source of the cattle's illness.
(d) To a brothel in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one exciting event of the year for the town of Thalia?

2. What makes Lonnie leave the stockyard?

3. What happens to the milk cows Granddad bought?

4. Who hauls the longhorns away?

5. How old is Lonnie at the opening of Chapter 1?

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