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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hud angry with Halmea?
(a) She ruins his good white shirt.
(b) She burns a hole in his trousers.
(c) She is not there to serve him.
(d) She does not say sir to him.

2. What does Lonnie do with his buddies?
(a) Goes to the state line to get beer.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Goes to a dance.
(d) Searches for clues in the hills of the source of the diseaese.

3. What does Hud do every night after work?
(a) Helps care for his ailing grandmother.
(b) Learns to read.
(c) Stays in his room in the bunkhouse drinking.
(d) Goes into town to dance and to rodeos.

4. Why had Hud advised Granddad not to buy the cattle that was infected?
(a) Hud thought it was too expensive a price.
(b) They were already in the red on operating expenses.
(c) It was from Mexico and they tended to be infected.
(d) Hud wanted to go into dairy rather than beef as a ranch.

5. Why is Mr. Burris dismayed?
(a) Because Granny is not there for him to see her.
(b) Because they opened up the heifer's carcass.
(c) Because Lonnie and his friends made so much noise in the show.
(d) Because Jesse is working as a ranch hand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the vet want to do to a few of the cattle and horses?

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

4. Why does Granddad want to kill the cattle in the barnyard himself?

5. What is Granddad's response to Mr. Burris?

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