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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is it difficult for Ike and Bobby to talk with their mother?
(a) She is so apathetic.
(b) She keeps the door closed so they have to yell through it.
(c) She refuses to wear her hearing aids.
(d) She keeps crying.

3. What does Ike and Bobby's mother say when the two boys check on her?
(a) She tells them she loves them very much.
(b) She gives vague answers to their questions.
(c) She cries and says she never wants to see them in there again.
(d) She tells them a story.

4. What does Raymond give each of the boys?
(a) 1 dollar.
(b) 5 dollars.
(c) 20 dollars.
(d) 10 dollars.

5. 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.

6. What do Ike and Bobby decide to do?
(a) Clean the house and surprise their mother.
(b) Ride horses.
(c) Take their dirt bikes out to the hills.
(d) Go over to their grandparents' house.

7. How long is the male student's report?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) Less than a minute.
(d) He does not have a report.

8. What does Raymond do when he looks in on Victoria the first night?
(a) Turns on a nightlight.
(b) Puts blankets on her.
(c) Shuts the bedroom window.
(d) Sings her an old cowboy song.

9. Why do Ike and Bobby go to the train station?
(a) To take the metro train to school.
(b) To watch for their father.
(c) To watch a train with a new type of diesel engine come into the station.
(d) To get newspapers for their delivery route.

10. What are students doing in Guthrie's class?
(a) Shooting spitballs while he is in the hallway.
(b) Most of them are sleeping.
(c) Giving speeches.
(d) Acting out a play.

11. What does Crowder say about Beckman?
(a) That Bobby is the boy's only friend.
(b) That none of the teachers like him.
(c) That he is not expected to live much longer.
(d) That he is going to be valdictorian.

12. Where are Ike and Bobby sitting on their bikes?
(a) Across from the house where their mother lives.
(b) On an overpass.
(c) Across from the vacant house where teens have sex.
(d) On the railroad trestle.

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

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

15. With whom does Maggie Jones live?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Victoria go on her lunch break?

2. Who at first refuses to pay Ike and Bobby?

3. What does the female student say when Guthrie calls upon her?

4. What do they have to do to one of the cows?

5. What does the barber ask Ike and Bobby about their mother?

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