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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Halmea?
(a) An old Black man who used to be the gardener.
(b) The maid on the neighbor's farm.
(c) The Black cook.
(d) Hud's current girlfriend.

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

4. Why is Granny going into the city?
(a) For kidney surgery.
(b) To purchase new furniture.
(c) For cataract surgery.
(d) To be with her daughter who is having a baby.

5. About what does Lonnie reminisce in the Prologue?
(a) His father's recent death.
(b) His upcoming marriage.
(c) His sister's recent death.
(d) His childhood on his family ranch in Texas.

6. What is Granddad unwilling to do?
(a) He does not say.
(b) Shoot his cattle.
(c) Let the government deal with the cattle.
(d) Keep his cattle.

7. What does Newt say about the heifer?
(a) He cannot see any obvious signs of disease.
(b) He can see that it has been poisoned.
(c) The heifer could be anywhere by now.
(d) The heifer is too young to have died without cause.

8. For what does Lonnie get permission the night after the state vet comes back?
(a) To go to the neighbor's .
(b) To go to the city.
(c) To skip dinner.
(d) To go into Thalia.

9. What does Hud say about Halmea when Lonnie asks?
(a) That Hud asked Halmea for breakfast after the kitchen was cleaned.
(b) That Halmea probably is having her women's curses.
(c) Hud does not know why Halmea is crying.
(d) That Hud had grabbed Halmea's breast.

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

11. Why does Hud resent Granddad about Hud going off to WWII?
(a) Granddad calls the army and tells them Hud has not registered for the draft.
(b) Granddad mistreats Hud's mother while Hud is gone.
(c) Granddad tries to keep him from enlisting.
(d) Granddad has the power to keep him out of the war and does not do so.

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

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

14. Who lives on the family ranch with Lonnie?
(a) His brother.
(b) His grandparents and uncle.
(c) His wife and child.
(d) His parents and two siblings.

15. What does Lonnie do in the middle of the night?
(a) Tries to write more of his book.
(b) Goes to Halmea's little house.
(c) Goes in to threaten Hud.
(d) Prays for a way to leave the ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jesse?

2. Why doesn't Granddad want to call the state vet?

3. What has technology done to the rural way of life?

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

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

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