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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lonnie finally show himself?
(a) To talk to his cousin who has arrived.
(b) To eat.
(c) To hug his great-aunt who has arrived.
(d) To talk to the sheriff.

2. Where do the men drive the cattle?
(a) To tractor trailers for transport.
(b) Into the corral.
(c) Into pits.
(d) No where.

3. What do Jesse and Halmea discuss?
(a) The social differences between Blacks and Whites.
(b) How to play a card game called cinch.
(c) How to fool Hud.
(d) The best way to pluck a chicken.

4. What does Lonnie think would have been better for Granddad?
(a) To have tried to defy the government.
(b) To have gotten rid of Hud and his second wife.
(c) To have gotten out of ranching.
(d) To have died with his first wife.

5. What does Halmea do with the family's dinner?
(a) Sets it on the table long before dinner.
(b) Does not cook it.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Puts it in the stove.

6. What do Lonnie and Jesse discuss?
(a) If Granny cares about the ranch.
(b) If Hud has left for good.
(c) If Halmea is sorry she quit.
(d) If Granddad will be able to shoot his prize cattle.

7. What does the preacher say about Granddad?
(a) He accepted death.
(b) He hated the earth.
(c) Lies.
(d) Not much.

8. Where does Lonnie go?
(a) To his private camping spot.
(b) To his room to sleep.
(c) To find Jesse.
(d) Thalia.

9. What does Lonnie do because he does not want to shoot Hud in the back?
(a) Calls for his granddad.
(b) Bangs on the door.
(c) Fires a warning shot.
(d) Breaks the window.

10. About what does Hermy ask Lonnie?
(a) If Halmea used to work for his family.
(b) A deal Hud has worked.
(c) Why Hud is living in Thalia.
(d) Where Lonnie wants to go after high school.

11. What is in the barnyard?
(a) A new flock of geese.
(b) Hundreds of crows.
(c) A new flock of chickens.
(d) Granddad's three prize longhorns.

12. What does Lonnie notice about Halmea?
(a) She is unresponsive to Lonnie's questions.
(b) She looks dead.
(c) She is singing.
(d) She is beat up.

13. With whom would Lonnie like to speak?
(a) Halmea.
(b) The lawyer.
(c) No one.
(d) The preacher.

14. Where does Lonnie hide the next day?
(a) In Thalia.
(b) No where.
(c) In the hayloft.
(d) Out on the range.

15. For whom is Granddad asking?
(a) People who have been dead a long time.
(b) Granny.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) Hud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Granddad's state?

2. What does Lonnie notice on the porch.

3. What do Lonnie and Jesse play at Halmea's home?

4. How does Lonnie think of Granddad?

5. What is Granddad wearing?

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