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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. Of what does Lonnie dream?
(a) Owning the ranch someday.
(b) Moving in the bunkhouse and becoming a real cowboy.
(c) He is too drunk to dream.
(d) Girls.

2. How does Granddad respond to Lonzo's suggestion?
(a) He tells everyone they don't have time to rest.
(b) He plans to start moving the cattle to the hills the next morning.
(c) He calls in another vet.
(d) He wants to wait to see the outcome.

3. Who returns as Lonnie is just getting up the next morning?
(a) The vet.
(b) Hud and his mother.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Hud's cousin.

4. What makes Lonnie leave the stockyard?
(a) His granny wants him to get some groceries.
(b) A boy who is talking incessantly.
(c) His granddad gives him money to go buy something.
(d) Hud tells him to get out of there.

5. What is most likely wrong with Granddad's cattle?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Rabies.
(c) Mad cow disease.
(d) The worse strain of hoof-and-mouth disease.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hud say about Halmea when Lonnie asks?

3. Who does Lonnie see in Thalia?

4. How does Lonnie feel after observing the crowds in Thalia?

5. What does Halmea say she wants when Lonnie asks her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lonnie feel about the new technology?

2. What does the vet want to do to determine the strain of the disease and why does he want to do so?

3. What does Newt say about the dead heifer?

4. What do the boys do after returning to Thalia?

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

6. Why doesn't Granddad want to drill for oil?

7. How does Mr. Burris reassure Granddad?

8. For what is Hud late the next morning and what is Granny's response?

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

10. What does the State Vet tell Granddad about the cattle?

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