2. Why is Mr. Beckman angry at Crowder?
(a) Russell claims some bullies at school attacked him.
(b) Russell says Crowder was mean to him.
(c) Russell needs special tutors the school won't give him.
(d) Russell won't be playing in that weekend's tournament.

3. Where does Maggie Jones drive?
(a) To talk to Ike and Bobby's mother.
(b) The McPherons' ranch.
(c) To find Dwayne.
(d) The Guthrie ranch.

4. What is the purpose of the chutes at the McPherons' place?
(a) To seperate the stallion from the mares.
(b) To vaccinate the cattle individually.
(c) To direct water to outlying fields.
(d) To separate the rams from the ewes.

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

6. For what do Harold and Raymond wait?
(a) To learn how their elderly mother is in another city's hospital.
(b) To vaccinate cattle.
(c) To see if their horse will recover.
(d) For the arrival of their sister who is coming for a visit.

7. What does Ralph Black not want the boys to do?
(a) Fold the newspapers with the front page inward.
(b) Put the newspapers in plastic bags if it does not look like rain.
(c) Lean their bikes on the wagon.
(d) Fold the newspapers with the front page out.

8. What does Maggie say Victoria needs to do?
(a) Take a pregnancy test.
(b) Talk to the school principal.
(c) Go to a doctor.
(d) Have an abortion.

9. What does Mrs. Beckman tend to use when she talks?
(a) Bad grammar.
(b) Profanity.
(c) A lot of legal terms.
(d) An English accent.

10. What do Ike and Bobby buy at the store for their mother?
(a) Coffee.
(b) A book.
(c) Milk.
(d) Chocolate.

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

12. Where is Mrs. Stearn's family?
(a) Scattered all about the United States.
(b) In the same town, but they won't speak to her.
(c) All dead.
(d) She does not know.

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

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

15. What does the female student say when Guthrie calls upon her?
(a) She won't speak in front of the rest of the class.
(b) She's not ready.
(c) She thought the story incredibly boring.
(d) She does not understand his question.