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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is unconscious on the floor in Halmea's house?
(a) Granddad.
(b) No one.
(c) Granny.
(d) Jesse.
2. For whom is Granddad asking?
(a) Hud.
(b) Granny.
(c) People who have been dead a long time.
(d) Lonnie.
3. Where do they take Granddad?
(a) They bury him secretly in the desert.
(b) To the hospital in Thalia.
(c) Back to the ranch.
(d) To the morgue.
4. Who is not at breakfast?
(a) Lonnie.
(b) Hud.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Granny.
5. How does Lonnie help Halmea?
(a) He calls the sheriff.
(b) He drives her to town.
(c) He cleans the wounds she cannot reach.
(d) He wakes his granddad.
6. Who does Lonnie decide to visit?
(a) Hermy.
(b) Halmea.
(c) Lonzo.
(d) Jesse.
7. What does Granddad do for all the hired hands?
(a) Cooks breakfast.
(b) Gives them bonuses.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Equips them for the round up.
8. Why does Hud say Granddad would want to die?
(a) He would not be able to sell the ranch and live decently.
(b) He hates Granny and Hud.
(c) He is so badly injured.
(d) His ranch is useless.
9. 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.
10. What rumor does Hermy say he hears?
(a) That Lonnie is leaving Texas.
(b) That Hud wants to sell the ranch.
(c) That Hud killed Jesse.
(d) That Hud killed Halmea.
11. What happens that Lonnies does not expect?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The vet says the cows will be returned eventually.
(c) The work is done quickly.
(d) Several cows are deemed healthy and not killed.
12. What do they do to the cattle?
(a) Vaccinate them.
(b) Give them high doses of antibiotics.
(c) Nothing yet.
(d) Shoot them.
13. Where does Granddad send Lonnie and Jesse?
(a) To town so they will not have to watch.
(b) To the city to file paperwork.
(c) To get gasoline.
(d) No where.
14. What is Lonnie's task?
(a) Walking cattle into the trucks.
(b) Keeping cattle from escaping.
(c) Cutting out the healthy cows.
(d) Keeping tab of the cattle's ear tags.
15. What is Hud doing when Lonnie finds him at the rodeo?
(a) Fighting with another cowboy.
(b) Making out with another man's wife.
(c) Arguing with Granddad.
(d) Riding a bronco..
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Lonnie go the day after Granddad's funeral?
2. What does Lonnie do because he does not want to shoot Hud in the back?
3. About what does Hermy ask Lonnie?
4. What reminds Granddad that he didn't used to have to worry about the government?
5. Who hauls the longhorns away?
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