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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 280-end (Victoria Roubideaux, Ike and Bobby, McPherons, Holt).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the time the boys spend with their mother before she leaves?
(a) Fun.
(b) Confusing for the boys.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Awkward.

2. What do the McPheron brothers see when they come to their house sometime after Victoria's delivery?
(a) Maggie in the yard.
(b) A strange car in the driveway.
(c) Victoria sitting on the porch.
(d) Victoria's suitcases on the front porch.

3. What do Ike and Bobby wonder when they get home?
(a) If the cable is working again.
(b) If their dad has left them some after-school chores.
(c) If their nintendo has been fixed.
(d) If their mother has been in her room all day.

4. Who is Maggie Jones?
(a) Another teacher at the school where Tom Guthrie works.
(b) Ella Guthrie's best friend.
(c) The Captain of the Cheerleaders.
(d) One of Guthrie's students who is failing.

5. What happened to the McPheron brothers that makes Maggie say they will be understanding?
(a) They have many nieces and nephews.
(b) They have both raised daughters.
(c) They lost their parents when young.
(d) They like animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stearns suggest the boys do at her house?

2. For what do they check the cattle?

3. What do the McPheron brothers want to do immediately when Victoria goes into labor?

4. Why do Ike and Bobby go to the train station?

5. What does Tom do when he leaves Maggie's house?

(see the answer key)

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