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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the student say about the length of his report when asked?
(a) He didn't want to bore the class.
(b) He tried to pare it down more.
(c) He could not find any information on his topic.
(d) He thought it was supposed to be at least 10 minutes long.

2. What do they decide to do to the nervous cow?
(a) Leave it be.
(b) Tranquilize it.
(c) Choose it for the slaughter house.
(d) Vaccinate it where it is.

3. What room will Victoria be using at the McPheron place?
(a) The guest room.
(b) The brothers' parents' room.
(c) The maid's quarters.
(d) The hired hand's apartment.

4. How does Jim take the news about Ella?
(a) He is glad.
(b) At first he is argumentative.
(c) He says that he is sad but it's probably for the best.
(d) He forbids her to go.

5. What do they have to do to one of the cows?
(a) Cut out a large fence splinter.
(b) Isolate it for the vet to check.
(c) Kill it.
(d) Remove a mis-shapen horn.

6. Where does Victoria go on her lunch break?
(a) The school nurse.
(b) A convenience store.
(c) The principal's office.
(d) A fast food joint.

7. What does Raymond worry about the first night Victoria is at their house?
(a) If she liked his cooking.
(b) If her mother is going to send the sheriff out.
(c) If her boyfriend is still in town.
(d) How long she has been pregnant.

8. What does Guthrie think about when Victoria Roubideaux gives her report?
(a) That the report is outstanding.
(b) That she is staying with Maggie Jones.
(c) That she reminds Guthrie of his sister.
(d) That she is pregnant.

9. What does Mrs. Steans encourage Ike and Bobby to do?
(a) Go with their mother when she moves.
(b) Bring her some of the cookies their mother baked.
(c) Give up the paper route because it's too dangerous.
(d) Visit her at any time.

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

11. Where does Victoria spend the night?
(a) At the train station.
(b) On Maggie's couch.
(c) In Maggie's spare bedroom.
(d) On the street near the school.

12. What does Victoria's mother tell Victoria?
(a) That Victoria should go to an abortion clinic.
(b) That she will help Victoria no matter what.
(c) That Victoria cannot live there any longer.
(d) That Victoria should try to get money from the baby's father.

13. What does Ella do after Tom talks to her?
(a) Throws a pillow at him.
(b) Says she would like some breakfast.
(c) Folds her arm across her face.
(d) Screams.

14. What does one of Victoria's teachers say she will do?
(a) Speak to the parents of the father of her baby.
(b) Speak to Victoria's grandparents.
(c) Go to a doctor with Victoria.
(d) Speak to the father of her baby.

15. What does Victoria find when she gets home after work?
(a) She is locked out.
(b) The house is on fire.
(c) The house has been broken into.
(d) Her mother left town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brothers do after dinner while Victoria is in her room?

2. What does Ike and Bobby's mother say when the two boys check on her?

3. Where do Ike and Bobby go after doing their chores on Saturday morning?

4. How is the time the boys spend with their mother before she leaves?

5. Who does Tom Guthrie bring with him to the McPheron's place?

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