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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the topic of the report the male student gives?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Abe Lincoln.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

3. What happens to Bobby near the end of the work?
(a) He breaks his arm.
(b) He trips and falls off the fence into the pig pen.
(c) He jumps off the fence and sprains his ankle.
(d) He is run over by a cow.

4. What does Mrs. Stearn want before paying Ike and Bobby?
(a) A receipt.
(b) A bill.
(c) A conversation.
(d) Them to get something that rolled under the bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maggie say Victoria needs to do?

3. Who repeatedly slaps Victoria?

4. What does Victoria's mother ask her after Victoria runs to the bathroom to vomit?

5. How does Victoria feel as Maggie is driving her to the McPherons' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who gathers at the McPherons' for a Memorial Day celebration and what do the brothers tell Guthrie?

2. Why does Raymond get angry at a bar?

3. What happens at the barbershop when Ike and Bobby go there to collect their newspaper money?

4. What do the McPheron brothers do after Victoria's examination is finished?

5. What does the school board chairman tell the Beckmans and how do they respond?

6. What does Crowder tell Russell Beckman's parents as to the reason they have been called to the office and what does Mrs. Beckman say? What does Russell say?

7. How does Victoria feel on the way to the McPherons' house and what happens when she and Maggie arrive there?

8. What do the McPheron brothers find when they arrive home one day and what do they do about it?

9. What strange thing is Ike's horse doing one morning and what does Guthrie say he will do?

10. What do Ike and Bobby do before school at the beginning of the book?

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