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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What request does Ella have about Ike and Bobby?
(a) That they not be told the real reason Ella is leaving.
(b) That they spend the night there before she leaves.
(c) That they go live with their maternal grandmother.
(d) That she can take them with her.

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

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

9. Where is Ella Guthrie moving?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Denver.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Los Angeles.

10. Who do Ike and Bobby see inside a vacant house one night?
(a) A high school couple.
(b) A local drug dealer selling some cocaine.
(c) A large bobcat.
(d) Two old bums who are drinking.

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

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

13. Where do Ike and Bobby go to help herd?
(a) To the upper pasture.
(b) Out into the lower east field.
(c) Inside the corral.
(d) On top of the fence boards.

14. Why does Ike and Bobby's mother cry when they are there?
(a) She does not cry.
(b) Because they say they want her to come back home.
(c) Because they buy her perfume and bubble bath as a present.
(d) She is watching a sad soap opera.

15. Who does Tom Guthrie bring with him to the McPheron's place?
(a) No one.
(b) His own hired hand.
(c) His wife.
(d) Ike and Bobby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are students doing in Guthrie's class?

2. Where is Mrs. Stearn's family?

3. What does Guthrie think about when Victoria Roubideaux gives her report?

4. Why does Tom Guthrie have to see Lloyd Crowder?

5. Why is it difficult for Ike and Bobby to talk with their mother?

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