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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Newt Garrett?
(a) Granny's doctor.
(b) The principal at Larry's school.
(c) The local horse doctor.
(d) A man Hud beat in poker.

6. What is the one exciting event of the year for the town of Thalia?
(a) The State Fair.
(b) The rodeo.
(c) Branding time.
(d) Roundup.

7. What did Lonzo do all night?
(a) Guard the cow from buzzards.
(b) Work on the book he is writing.
(c) Keep Hud from doing something stupid.
(d) Sleep in the hayloft with a woman.

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

9. How does Larry feel about Hud?
(a) Hates him.
(b) Looks up to him and hopes to be like him.
(c) Adores him.
(d) Envies him but avoids him.

10. What does Jesse do as the others return to the house?
(a) Go to search for the heifer.
(b) Go to visit his girlfriend who is the cook at the nearest neighbor's.
(c) Go into town to call the state vet.
(d) Stay in the pasture.

11. What does Mr. Burris bring with him to the ranch?
(a) A questionnaire for them to fill out.
(b) News.
(c) A vaccine for the cattle.
(d) An order from the State Agriculture Department.

12. What does the state vet take with him for examination?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Blood specimens from several other of the cattle.
(c) The heifer's tongue.
(d) The heifer's brain.

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

14. What big city does Lonnie remember?
(a) Oklahoma City.
(b) Houston.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Fort Worth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Burris suggest as an alternative means for money?

3. Who does the state vet bring on his return to the ranch?

4. Why had Hud advised Granddad not to buy the cattle that was infected?

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

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