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

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

3. What do the brothers do after dinner while Victoria is in her room?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Go to the barn.
(c) Watch television in the living room.
(d) Sit at the dining table.

4. Why do Ike and Bobby leave the place where they took their classmate?
(a) Their canoe has been stolen so they can't go out on the lake.
(b) A man arrives and points a gun at them.
(c) The tree house was wrecked in the last storm.
(d) Their mother comes and asks them to leave.

5. About what do the McPheron brothers think Maggie is joking?
(a) That Jim Guthrie is selling his ranch.
(b) That Jim Guthrie is divorcing his wife.
(c) The idea of them adopting a baby.
(d) The idea of Victoria living with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who repeatedly slaps Victoria?

2. What do Ike and Bobby decide to do?

3. For what do they check the cattle?

4. What was the topic of the report the male student gives?

5. What do the boys ask about the McPheron brothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maggie tell Victoria she has to do to make certain she is pregnant, what is the result and what does Maggie then tell Victoria she will do? What does Victoria ask Maggie?

2. Where do Ike and Bobby ride their horse and why do they go there?

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

4. What do the boys tell Guthrie when he picks them up at the McPherons' and what do they ask him?

5. What do Ike and Bobby do after their paper route on the morning their horse is sick? What happens to the horse and what does the veterinarian do?

6. What does Victoria do in Denver and how does she feel about her life there?

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

8. What happens at the beginning of the book when Tom Guthrie goes in to speak with his wife before leaving for school?

9. What do Ike and Bobby do after Russell leaves them?

10. What does Russell and a friend do to Ike and Bobby?

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