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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mason chastise Tex for?
(a) Speeding
(b) Picking up a hitchhiker to begin with
(c) Slamming on the brakes
(d) Looking at the hitchhiker's body

2. What does Tex realize that the hitchhiker has in regards to Mason?
(a) Mason in a head lock
(b) A gun to Mason's side
(c) A knife pointed at Mason's gut
(d) Tex is naive and does not pick up on anything the hitchhiker does

3. Who does Tex talk to when he is allowed outside at lunchtime?
(a) Mason
(b) Lem
(c) Jamie
(d) Bob

4. How does Tex end the crisis with the hitchhiker?
(a) Speeds up faster
(b) Slams on his brakes
(c) Drives the truck into a tree
(d) Runs the truck into a canyon

5. Which character agrees with Jamie about the new baby?
(a) Tex
(b) Johnny
(c) Mason
(d) Cole

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cole?

2. Which word best describes what Cole hopes to do to Mason and Tex?

3. Why does Tex feel the hitchhiker died?

4. Where do Tex and Mason decide to go before they leave the city and head home?

5. Who does Cole want to blame for the boys drunkenness the night before?

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