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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following terms best describes how Tex feels as he goes to pick up Mason from the hospital?
(a) Embarrassed
(b) Anxious
(c) Relieved
(d) Surprised

3. What happens on the drive back home from the city?
(a) Mason needs to stop to be ill by the side of the road
(b) Tex and Mason give Jamie a ride back to her house
(c) Tex gets a speeding ticket
(d) Tex picks up a hitchhiker

4. How does the vice principal generally respond when Tex is sent there?
(a) Does nothing as Tex rarely if ever gets in trouble
(b) Scolds him
(c) Calls Mason to deal with him
(d) Suspends him

5. On what day of the week do the events of chapter five occur?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Saturday
(d) Wednesday

6. What is the main problem of this chapter?
(a) Lack of money
(b) No heat in the house
(c) Lost horses
(d) Father away at the rodeo circuit

7. Who do Mason and Tex think could be the next 'hitchhiker'?
(a) Lem
(b) Pop
(c) Tex
(d) Mason

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

9. Which word sums up Tex's experiences with women while Mason is at the hospital?
(a) Exciting
(b) Exhilerating
(c) Embarrassing
(d) Cool

10. Which of the following characters is NOT a Collins?
(a) Bob
(b) Charlie
(c) Jamie
(d) Lem

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

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

13. Which word best describes Mason's medical condition?
(a) Life threatening
(b) He has no medical condition
(c) Very serious
(d) Not very serious

14. What does Tex overhear Jamie saying?
(a) Tex is obviously very awkward
(b) She can't figure out Tex
(c) She doesn't like Tex
(d) She likes Tex

15. What could it be said that Tex helps Johnny recover by making the jump?
(a) Success
(b) Health
(c) Dignity
(d) Reputation

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which word best describes Mason's mood on the drive back home?

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

4. What activity does Tex enjoy doing before going to school?

5. What does the hitchhiker tell Mason and Tex he has done?

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