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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Stearns give Ike and Bobby a key to her house?
(a) So they can feed her fish.
(b) So she doesn't have to get up.
(c) So they can check on her.
(d) So they can water her plants.

2. What does Harold ask Victoria after dinner?
(a) If she needs to see the doctor.
(b) What she thinks of the market.
(c) If she wants to wash the dishes.
(d) If she has seen the baby's father recently.

3. What do Ike and Bobby notice about their mother at Christmas?
(a) She is drinking too much.
(b) She seems happier.
(c) She has made some friends.
(d) She is passive and dominated by her sister.

4. What does Tom do when he leaves Maggie's house?
(a) Delivers Ike and Bobby's papers.
(b) Goes out to the McPherons.
(c) Goes horseback riding.
(d) Goes to school.

5. What does Victoria do with Dwayne?
(a) Calls the police.
(b) Tells him to go away.
(c) Spits on him.
(d) Goes to Denver.

6. What do Ike and Bobby do after they deliver their papers?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Go to the drugstore.
(c) Go to Mrs. Stearns house.
(d) Return home.

7. What kind of job does Judy have at the school?
(a) Vice-Principal.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Teacher.

8. What does the man at Victoria's work claim to have in his car?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A pizza.
(c) A gun.
(d) A set of throwing knives.

9. Where is Guthrie lying at Judy's house?
(a) In the bed.
(b) On the couch.
(c) On the floor.
(d) He is not lying anywhere.

10. When do Ike and Bobby arrive at the McPherons' ranch?
(a) Early evening.
(b) The next morning.
(c) Late at night.
(d) That afternoon.

11. What does Harold say when Victoria goes back to Maggie's car?
(a) She's just a kid.
(b) She can't leave like that.
(c) Let them talk about it.
(d) Good-bye.

12. Where does Maggie see Harold?
(a) At the town meeting.
(b) At the feed store.
(c) At church.
(d) At the grocery store.

13. Why does Lloyd Crowder call Tom Guthrie?
(a) To tell him to come to school early the next morning.
(b) To tell him the police have arrested Russell.
(c) To tell him to keep an eye on Ike and Bobby.
(d) To warn him about the Beckmans.

14. What do the McPheron brothers do after Victoria talks to them?
(a) Takes her to see Dr. Martin.
(b) Takes her shopping.
(c) Takes her out for lunch.
(d) Takes her to Maggie's house.

15. What does Raymond do to console Victoria?
(a) Tells her about a pregnant cow who ate loco weed.
(b) Tells her about a pregnant cow who drank whiskey.
(c) Tells her they will have Dr. Martin check her out.
(d) Tells her about a pregnant cow who swallowed barbed wire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dwayne tell Victoria?

2. What are the boys forbidden to do at their aunt's house?

3. What does the chairman tell Mrs. Beckman?

4. What does Victoria begin to do over the Christmas holidays?

5. Where do Ike and Bobby go when they leave Mrs. Stearns' house?

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