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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 idea does the receptionist give to Ralph?
(a) He should open a restaurant.
(b) He could get a job at the general store.
(c) Other bankers would also like to have busts made.
(d) He should get a room at a boardinghouse.

2. What does Ralph buy for himself when they reach the town in #151?
(a) Overcoat.
(b) New suit.
(c) Hat.
(d) Pocket watch.

3. Where do Ralph and Lonnie stop to look for jobs?
(a) Every restaurant or diner.
(b) Every ranch they find.
(c) Every general store.
(d) Every gas station.

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

5. What quality of Lonnie's does Ralph not like?
(a) Lonnie drinks a bit too much.
(b) Lonnie never pays for food.
(c) Lonnie takes credit for work he has not done.
(d) Lonnie never re-pays loans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ralph show the banker the clay bust?

2. What does Lonnie focus on as Ralph does the majority of the work?

3. Why does Ralph determine that it is best to stay away from big cities?

4. What does Lonnie do to the mold of the first banker's bust?

5. What else does Lonnie pick up while he is in town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What advice does the bank receptionist have for Ralph?

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

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

6. What does Lonnie insist on doing when he has fully paid his portion of the car?

7. What does Ralph not want his mother to know, and what are his plans for settling down?

8. What does Lonnie do in his overzealous approach to the clay bust for the banker?

9. What is Ralph's plan for making money from the art jobs when it becomes difficult finding work in the small towns outside of El Paso?

10. Describe the difficult time that Ralph has with the attorney in El Paso.

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