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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lonnie end up the morning after hearing Hud and Granddad's conversation?
(a) In the Northern pasture.
(b) In the city.
(c) Drunk in the hayloft.
(d) At Halmea's window.

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

3. Why does the storekeeper ignore the situation with Lonnie and his friends?
(a) There are no cops around.
(b) They are basically good boys.
(c) The two women are obviously prostitutes.
(d) The Texans generally have more money.

4. How is Hud as a cowboy?
(a) He is good at what he does.
(b) He is not a cowboy.
(c) He is a bit of a fumbler.
(d) He's a great roper but not very good with horses.

5. Of what does Lonnie dream?
(a) Girls.
(b) He is too drunk to dream.
(c) Owning the ranch someday.
(d) Moving in the bunkhouse and becoming a real cowboy.

6. What else has technology done?
(a) Helped save Lonnie's sister's life.
(b) Made Lonnie's family lose their farm.
(c) Helped save Lonnie's father's life.
(d) Changed things forever.

7. How do the boys amuse themselves back in Thalia?
(a) Spitting contests.
(b) Rating girls.
(c) Bragging.
(d) Peeing contests.

8. What has technology done to the rural way of life?
(a) Pushed it aside.
(b) Made it easier.
(c) Made it harder.
(d) Made it less appealing.

9. Who is Jesse?
(a) Hud's school buddy.
(b) Halmea's grandson.
(c) The new hired hand.
(d) Larry's half brother.

10. What does the storekeeper ignore?
(a) The boys are not from Oklahoma.
(b) Lonnie and his friends are underage.
(c) The boys treat the two women with them rather roughly.
(d) Lonnie and his friends do not live in that town.

11. Who drives Lonnie's friends home?
(a) A Texas Ranger.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) The cousin.

12. What does Hud think should be done about the heifer?
(a) Take it to the processing plant.
(b) Find it.
(c) Bury it.
(d) Blame it on the neighbor's German shepherd.

13. What does Mr. Burris suggest as an alternative means for money?
(a) Oil.
(b) Corn.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Chickens.

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

15. Who is Mr. Burris?
(a) An old friend of Granddad.
(b) The movie theater manager in Thalia.
(c) The state vet.
(d) Jesse's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Granddad have to ask for assistance?

2. What is Granddad unwilling to do?

3. Why is Mr. Burris dismayed?

4. What is one of Lonnie's grandfather's most noticeable characteristics?

5. What makes Lonnie leave the stockyard?

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