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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hud reply when Granddad asks Hud's opinion of the situation?

2. What makes Lonnie leave the stockyard?

3. What does Hud predict about the cattle?

4. For what does Lonnie get permission the night after the state vet comes back?

5. What do the boys agree to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Lonnie want to go and why does he say he wants to do so?

2. What does Lonnie think about in the Prologue?

3. Who is Halmea and what does Lonnie think of her?

4. How does Lonnie feel about the new technology?

5. How do Jesse's stories affect Lonnie?

6. Why do Lonnie, Hud and Granddad go to the stockyards?

7. What is the most exciting event of the year for Thalia and how does Lonnie feel about it?

8. What is a tender scene between Lonnie and Halmea when Lonnie goes in the house?

9. What is Hud's response on the way back from the stockyards when Granddad asks his opinion about the cattle?

10. What does Newt say about the dead heifer?

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