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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which adjective is the best description as to Tex's feelings about he and Johnny's friendship?
(a) Unnecessary
(b) Irrelevant
(c) Suspicious
(d) Important

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

3. What forces Johnny and Tex to finally start speaking to each other again?
(a) Jamie's threatening to no longer speak to Tex
(b) Cole going out of town
(c) Johnny's injury on his motorbike
(d) Pop returning home to be with Tex and Mason

4. What kinds of questions does Tex ask Mason about on the drive back home from the hospital?
(a) Questions about pop
(b) Questions about Jamie
(c) Questions about their mother
(d) Questions about girls

5. How many horses did Tex and Mason own between the two of them?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

6. Which word best describes Mason's feelings as he describes them to Bob?
(a) Relieved
(b) Frustrated
(c) Welcomed
(d) Overwhelmed

7. What was the name of the novel Tex read for a book report in English which he really enjoyed reading?
(a) Smokey the Bear
(b) Smoky the Cowboy
(c) Smoky the Cowhorse
(d) Hokey the Cowhorse

8. How does Tex feel about the conversation about staying or going after his friends leave the fortune teller?
(a) Unhappy
(b) Saddened
(c) Excited
(d) Nervous

9. Where does Tex sneak to where he is almost caught by Cole?
(a) Into the barn to visit the horses
(b) Into school late
(c) Upstairs to get Jamie
(d) Into Cole's house

10. Where is the fair?
(a) 20 miles from their home
(b) 50 miles from their home
(c) Further away in the country
(d) Down the road from their home

11. What announcement does Mason and Tex's nighttime visitor share?
(a) Lem and his wife had a baby
(b) Lem and his wife are moving in with Tex and Mason
(c) Lem and his wife are going back to school
(d) Lem and his wife are divorcing

12. What is Tex accused of trying to steal?
(a) Flashlight
(b) Canteen
(c) Pocket knife
(d) Fishing lure

13. Which word best describes how Tex feels when he first wakes up in the morning?
(a) Relieved
(b) Sullen
(c) Hungover
(d) Angry

14. When does Mason think their father will return?
(a) Never
(b) Next week
(c) Before Thanksgiving
(d) In the spring

15. Which character is accused of ruining the happy mood when Tex, Mason, and Lem share the news?
(a) Cole
(b) Lem
(c) Johnny
(d) Jamie

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mason and Tex's father?

2. Why does Tex begin walking down the freeway after fighting with his brother?

3. What does Mason tell Tex is wrong with him?

4. Which character regularly gets in trouble in school?

5. How do Johnny and Tex feel after they have both made their attempts?

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