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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 do Ralph and Lonnie do on Christmas night?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Sing Christmas carols.
(c) Work on the car.
(d) Drive to the next town.

2. Why does Ralph give money to Lonnie?
(a) To phone home.
(b) To fix up the car.
(c) To prepare meals.
(d) To buy new clothes.

3. What does Ralph think Lonnie doing when Lonnie leaves him in the movie theater?
(a) Meeting some girls.
(b) Going to the men's room.
(c) Going out to smoke.
(d) Getting some popcorn.

4. Ralph jumps a freight train bound for which town?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Denver.
(c) St. Joseph.
(d) El Paso.

5. Why do Ralph and Lonnie return to El Paso?
(a) To see some girls they met there.
(b) To add Lonnie's name to the car registration.
(c) To send telegrams home.
(d) To buy new winter coats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality of Lonnie's does Ralph not like?

2. When do the boys go back to town to show the new banker his clay bust?

3. Where is Ralph headed as the story ends?

4. What does Ralph do when the boys return to camp?

5. How much money does Ralph have hidden in the cuff of the overalls which Lonnie has taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lonnie show his bartering skills in town?

2. Why do the boys end up driving to El Paso?

3. What does Ralph decide to do when Lonnie starts to drain his money and what kind of person does this show Ralph to be?

4. How do the boys spend Christmas evening?

5. What does Ralph take to the bank in Safford and what offer does he make there?

6. What food is Ralph preparing for Christmas dinner and what ingredients does he send Lonnie to town to purchase?

7. Why do the boys stop in the town of Globe in their travels?

8. What does Ralph encourage Lonnie to do when Lonnie tells him he is broke, and what does Ralph think when Lonnie leaves the theater halfway through a movie?

9. What troubles do the boys have with the car at the Indian reservation and then as they reach Ft. Thomas?

10. What positive points does Ralph have to focus on after Lonnie leaves with the car and all Ralph's money?

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