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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes Lonnie in the night?
(a) Granddad yelling.
(b) Granny having a heart attack.
(c) Hud's shouts.
(d) A cattle stampeding.

2. What happens when Lonnie's father is shooting a snake that is about to bite Lonnie's grandmother?
(a) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's mother.
(b) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's grandmother.
(c) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's father.
(d) The snake bites Lonnie's father who later dies.

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 can be contained very rapidly.
(c) Then it is the most dangerous type.
(d) It can either be dangerous or harmless.

4. Who counsels Lonnie to not waste time thinking about "what if?"
(a) Granddad.
(b) Mr. Burris.
(c) Halmea.
(d) Hud.

5. What does Lonnie find at the ranch after taking Halmea to town?
(a) Granddad is rounding up cattle.
(b) Hud has an arm in a sling.
(c) Jesse has quit.
(d) Hud is beaten up.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the boys amuse themselves back in Thalia?

2. How does Lonnie feel after hearing Hud and Granddad's conversation?

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

4. What does Mr. Burris bring with him to the ranch?

5. Why does Granddad wake up Lonnie very early?

(see the answer key)

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