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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of Tex's teachers really seems to care for him?
(a) Art
(b) English
(c) Gym
(d) Music
2. When does Mason think their father will return?
(a) In the spring
(b) Before Thanksgiving
(c) Never
(d) Next week
3. How old is Tex as this story opens?
(a) Almost 15
(b) Almost 14
(c) Almost 12
(d) Almost 18
4. Why does Tex begin walking down the freeway after fighting with his brother?
(a) To run away from home
(b) To clear his head and think about things
(c) To find the horses
(d) To find his father
5. Which word best describes how Tex feels when he first wakes up in the morning?
(a) Angry
(b) Sullen
(c) Hungover
(d) Relieved
6. What does Tex say has happened?
(a) Johnny's bike tires need air
(b) Johnny hit a bump
(c) Johnny's bike couldn't do it
(d) Johnny was chicken
7. What is Tex's dream about?
(a) He is leaving the house
(b) His father
(c) His mother
(d) His brother going to college
8. What is Mason's biggest goal?
(a) To take care of Tex
(b) To leave home and go to college
(c) To be a basketball star
(d) To play in the NBA
9. Which word best describes Tex's behavior with the female clerk?
(a) Flirtatious
(b) Awkward
(c) Cool
(d) Smooth
10. How does Tex get out of the situation at the sporting goods store?
(a) Waits for Mason to come and vouch for his character
(b) Talks his way out of it
(c) Goes with the police
(d) Agrees to work to pay off any costs
11. How do Johnny and Tex feel after they have both made their attempts?
(a) Worse
(b) Better
(c) Jubilant
(d) Sad
12. What happens when Tex returns home after the party?
(a) He gets sick
(b) He goes to the barn to look for his horse
(c) He goes straight to bed
(d) He passes out
13. Which word best describes how Tex feels when Cole is around?
(a) Ashamed
(b) Afraid
(c) Respectful
(d) Relieved
14. What does Cole demand to Mason?
(a) Mason to send a message to his father for Cole
(b) Provide their share of the money to pay for the gas to the fair
(c) Mason and Tex stay away from his family
(d) Tex to stop talking to Jamie
15. Why is Tex surprised to see Mason at home after school?
(a) He usually is doing something basketball related
(b) He should be at his job
(c) He gets out of school later than Tex
(d) He is not surprised; Mason is usually home before him
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom does Tex run into when he leaves the sporting goods store?
2. What is Johnny taunted to attempt?
3. What does Tex realize that the hitchhiker has in regards to Mason?
4. What does Tex overhear Jamie saying?
5. Who is Cole?
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