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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following was the name of Tex's horse?
(a) Johnny
(b) Blackie
(c) Negrito
(d) Jamie
2. When does Mason think their father will return?
(a) In the spring
(b) Never
(c) Next week
(d) Before Thanksgiving
3. What happens on the drive back home from the city?
(a) Tex gets a speeding ticket
(b) Tex and Mason give Jamie a ride back to her house
(c) Mason needs to stop to be ill by the side of the road
(d) Tex picks up a hitchhiker
4. Which word best describes Tex's behavior with the female clerk?
(a) Smooth
(b) Cool
(c) Awkward
(d) Flirtatious
5. How does Tex feel about the conversation about staying or going after his friends leave the fortune teller?
(a) Nervous
(b) Saddened
(c) Excited
(d) Unhappy
6. What does Tex overhear Jamie saying?
(a) She can't figure out Tex
(b) She doesn't like Tex
(c) She likes Tex
(d) Tex is obviously very awkward
7. Which character is accused of ruining the happy mood when Tex, Mason, and Lem share the news?
(a) Johnny
(b) Cole
(c) Jamie
(d) Lem
8. Which of the following is NOT something the fortune teller tells Tex?
(a) He comes from four generations of cowboys
(b) His recent past has violence
(c) To be sure to change
(d) His recent past has sorrow
9. Who do they visit once they leave the fair?
(a) Mason
(b) Jamie
(c) Johnny
(d) Charlie
10. What does the hitchhiker try to do as he leaves the vehicle?
(a) Take Mason with him
(b) Stab Mason
(c) Shoot Mason
(d) Stab Tex
11. What does the gym teacher want from Tex?
(a) To become the next basketball star
(b) To dress appropriatly for class
(c) To go to the office for skipping class
(d) To show up to class
12. Why does Tex increase his speed?
(a) To give Mason a chance to escape
(b) To try to disarm the hitchhiker
(c) To get to the state line faster
(d) Because he sees police in his rearview mirror
13. Which of the following words best describes how Tex feels once he finds out how where Mason is really going?
(a) Angry
(b) Relieved
(c) Worried
(d) Happy
14. What is Tex's dream about?
(a) His brother going to college
(b) His mother
(c) He is leaving the house
(d) His father
15. What is Mason's biggest goal?
(a) To leave home and go to college
(b) To play in the NBA
(c) To take care of Tex
(d) To be a basketball star
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Tex going to the fair with?
2. How long has Tex known Lem?
3. What does the hitchhiker say he will do if Tex continues to speed?
4. How does Tex get out of the situation at the sporting goods store?
5. How do Tex and Johnny get to school at the beginning of this chapter?
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