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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 217-242 (Ike and Bobby, Maggie Jones, Victoria Roubideaux).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Maggie tell Tom she will meet him?
(a) At school the next day.
(b) At her house.
(c) At a bar.
(d) At his house.

2. About what do Harold and Raymond joke?
(a) That their mother will probably confound the doctors.
(b) That the stew has whiskey in it.
(c) That they cannot afford extra help.
(d) That their sister will want everything immaculate.

3. For what do they check the cattle?
(a) If the cows are pregnant.
(b) Hoof and mouth disease.
(c) If the young bulls are ready for castration.
(d) Mad cow disease.

4. What happens to Bobby near the end of the work?
(a) He breaks his arm.
(b) He jumps off the fence and sprains his ankle.
(c) He trips and falls off the fence into the pig pen.
(d) He is run over by a cow.

5. What do Ike and Bobby notice about one of their horses when they wake up one morning?
(a) It is trying to kick itself in the stomach.
(b) It has gotten loose.
(c) It is dead.
(d) It is neighing very loudly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ike and Bobby tell Mrs. Stearns is the reason they have visited?

2. Why does Mrs. Stearns give Ike and Bobby a key to her house?

3. Why is Mrs. Stearns surprised to see Ike and Bobby?

4. Why does Mrs. Stearns send Ike and Bobby to the store?

5. What do they decide to do to the nervous cow?

(see the answer key)

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