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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Victoria feel as Maggie is driving her to the McPherons' house?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

8. Why does Tom Guthrie have to see Lloyd Crowder?
(a) To talk to Crowder about Ike's progress in English class.
(b) To ask for a raise.
(c) To resign his position.
(d) To talk to Crowder about a boy in history class.

9. What does a panicked cow do?
(a) Runs around in circles.
(b) Kicks Tom.
(c) Kicks Ike.
(d) Gets stuck in a fence.

10. 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.

11. 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) She does not know.
(d) All dead.

12. Where do Ike and Bobby take a classmate?
(a) To the woods to show the student their tree house.
(b) To their home to make sandwiches.
(c) To the lake.
(d) To the house where they see the teens having sex.

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

14. What does the barber ask Ike and Bobby about their mother?
(a) If she has moved out of the house.
(b) If she has been moved to a psychiatric ward.
(c) If she knows they don't spend money on haircuts.
(d) If she is doing better.

15. Why is Guthrie in Crowder's office with the Beckmans?
(a) They want to help their son pass school.
(b) They are filing a lawsuit against him.
(c) Russell has acted inappropriately.
(d) They want to know how their son is doing in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell Beckman do to Guthrie?

2. Who is Russell Beckman?

3. What do they decide to do to the nervous cow?

4. What happened to the McPheron brothers that makes Maggie say they will be understanding?

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

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