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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. What does Halmea think Jesse needs?
(a) A job on a more modern ranch.
(b) To move to California, the land of opportunity.
(c) To work as a mechanic at the new service station.
(d) A wife and children.

2. Who does the state vet bring on his return to the ranch?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Several technicians.
(c) No one.
(d) A bovine epidemiologist.

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

4. What happens when Lonnie's father is shooting a snake that is about to bite Lonnie's grandmother?
(a) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's mother.
(b) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's grandmother.
(c) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's father.
(d) The snake bites Lonnie's father who later dies.

5. Why does Lonnie keep working after he is hurt?
(a) There is so much to do.
(b) He fears ridicule.
(c) He doesn't realize how badly he is injured.
(d) There is a girl there he is trying to impress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Granddad's response to Mr. Burris?

2. How old is Lonnie at the opening of Chapter 1?

3. What does Hud predict about the cattle?

4. What is Granddad unwilling to do?

5. What does the state vet take with him for examination?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jesse's stories affect Lonnie?

2. What is Granddad's response to Newt's suggestion?

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

4. What do Lonnie's friends decide to do after a few games of pool and why are they successful?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Jesse and when does he arrive at the ranch?

10. How does Lonnie feel after hearing the conversation between Hud and Granddad and what does he do?

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