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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Lonnie deal with his restlessness?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Doing drugs.
(c) Riding his horse into the wilderness.
(d) Shooting frogs.

5. How does Granddad feel about his cows?
(a) The cattle actually belong to a neighbor.
(b) They are his livelihood.
(c) They are what he does.
(d) Nothing.

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

7. What happens to the milk cows Granddad bought?
(a) Fortunately, he has not paid for them, so he cancels the order.
(b) He sells them to Hank.
(c) He boards them at Hank's ranch.
(d) He sends them back to the seller.

8. Who is Hud?
(a) Larry's brother.
(b) A Mexican field hand.
(c) A cowboy who arrives from Montana.
(d) A son from Granny's prevoius marriage.

9. About what does the vet assure Granddad?
(a) He will be paid for the dead cattle.
(b) Granddad is doing the moral thing.
(c) He will be able to raise cattle in three years.
(d) The disease does not have a long life span.

10. What is most likely wrong with Granddad's cattle?
(a) The worse strain of hoof-and-mouth disease.
(b) Rabies.
(c) Mad cow disease.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

13. What is Halmea doing in the kitchen when Lonnie carries in groceries?
(a) Crying and holding her breast.
(b) Sitting at the table drinking coffee.
(c) Sharpening a butcher's knife.
(d) Making biscuits.

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

15. What does Halmea think Jesse needs?
(a) A wife and children.
(b) A job on a more modern ranch.
(c) To work as a mechanic at the new service station.
(d) To move to California, the land of opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Lonnie's father is shooting a snake that is about to bite Lonnie's grandmother?

2. Who is Newt Garrett?

3. What does Lonnie say he wants to do?

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

5. How does Lonnie feel after observing the crowds in Thalia?

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