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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 happens to Hermy?
(a) Hud beats him up.
(b) He and Hud get drunk.
(c) A bull steps on his stomach.
(d) Nothing.

2. What do they do to the cattle?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Give them high doses of antibiotics.
(c) Nothing yet.
(d) Vaccinate them.

3. Where does Granddad send Lonnie and Jesse?
(a) No where.
(b) To the city to file paperwork.
(c) To town so they will not have to watch.
(d) To get gasoline.

4. How is Hud the night Halmea goes out?
(a) Drunk and belligerent.
(b) He is not there.
(c) Happy.
(d) Nice.

5. What is Lonnie's task?
(a) Cutting out the healthy cows.
(b) Keeping cattle from escaping.
(c) Keeping tab of the cattle's ear tags.
(d) Walking cattle into the trucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lonnie try to avoid?

2. Who does Lonnie decide to visit?

3. What does Hud admit?

4. Why does Hud say Granddad would want to die?

5. What does Lonnie decide to do after talking with Hud?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lonnie swerve off the road and what does Hud do?

2. What does Granddad have in the barnyard and what is the significance?

3. What does Lonnie want to do and what is Halmea's response?

4. To what does Hud confess?

5. What is wrong with the porch?

6. How is Hud when he arrives home and why is he angry?

7. Where does Granddad send Lonnie and Jesse, and what do they discuss?

8. What do Lonnie, Jesse and Halmea do and what makes Halmea laugh so hard?

9. What does Hud say about Granddad?

10. Who does Hud send for help and what happens as Lonnie is by the roadside?

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