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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 does Lonnie not like?
(a) The white girl hired as the cook.
(b) Halmea's new boyfriend.
(c) Hermy.
(d) Jesse.

2. What does Granddad say there will be some of in every life?
(a) Enough bad things.
(b) Joys.
(c) Things that are confusing.
(d) Good things.

3. What do Lonnie and Jesse play at Halmea's home?
(a) Pick up sticks.
(b) Gin Rummy.
(c) Poker.
(d) Chinese checkers.

4. What does Granddad tell Lonnie?
(a) That he is calling the sheriff and having Hud thrown off the ranch.
(b) That Granny inherits the ranch.
(c) That Granddad is the only owner of the ranch.
(d) That Hud is half owner of the ranch.

5. Why does Lonnie finally show himself?
(a) To talk to the sheriff.
(b) To hug his great-aunt who has arrived.
(c) To eat.
(d) To talk to his cousin who has arrived.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Hermy ask Lonnie?

2. What does Hud tell his girlfriend to do?

3. What does Halmea do with the family's dinner?

4. What does Jesse say Lonnie should do?

5. What does Hud bet in a card game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hermy tell Lonnie?

2. What does Lonnie think when he hears a shot and what does he subsequently find?

3. What does Jesse advise Lonnie and why does he do so?

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

5. What does Lonnie decide about his life in the immediate future?

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

7. What does Lonnie discover when he investigates Hud's shouts?

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

9. For whom does Lonnie go looking and why?

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

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