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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the man with the summer job decide to give the job to Tex?
(a) Because he owed the police a favor
(b) Because he saw him at the fair working with horses
(c) Because Pop paid him to wait for Tex to heal
(d) Because he promised Miss Johnson

2. From whom does Tex receive a letter?
(a) Jamie
(b) Cole
(c) Johnny
(d) Lem

3. What part of Mason is injured at the basketball game?
(a) Stomach
(b) Leg
(c) Ankle
(d) Arm

4. What does Tex tell Mason to hurt his feelings?
(a) That he does not respect him
(b) That he doesn't want him to be his brother anymore
(c) That he will hate him the rest of his life
(d) That he wants to go with Pop if he leaves

5. What is the reason, as Tex thinks, for the Collins' trip to Disneyland?
(a) To separate Jamie and Tex
(b) To give everyone a fresh start
(c) Just a normal family vacation
(d) To bury the hatchet with Blackie

6. Who is the first person Tex talks to upon waking in the hospital?
(a) Jamie
(b) Mason
(c) Johnny
(d) Pop

7. What is the only thing that keeps Tex's mind off of his horse?
(a) Having Pop back in his life
(b) His relationship with Jamie
(c) School work
(d) Fighting with Mason

8. What did Tex tell Jamie that he forgot about her?
(a) She always liked Mason better than him
(b) She was one of those that was leaving
(c) She always thought she was better than him
(d) She didn't care about him

9. How long does Jamie tell Mason their marriage would last?
(a) 1 year
(b) Forever
(c) 1 month
(d) 5 years

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

11. Who does Tex ask for?
(a) Mason
(b) Johnny
(c) Pop
(d) His mother

12. What does Lem tell his wife to do?
(a) Come and pick he and Tex up
(b) Pack the baby up so they can flee to another city
(c) Call the ambulance
(d) Get rid of all the drugs

13. What does Tex wonder about love?
(a) How you can love more than one person
(b) Why no one loves him
(c) Why he didn't figure it out sooner
(d) Why it is so hard

14. How does Pop explain Tex's mother contracted pneumonia?
(a) She refused to go to the doctor for any treatment
(b) She was mad at him and walked to a dance in the snow and cold
(c) He would not allow her to go to the doctor
(d) He could not afford to pay for heat during the winter

15. What does Lem ask of Tex?
(a) Not to tell anyone where he is
(b) Not to tell Mason that he wrote a letter to him
(c) Never to tell the truth
(d) Not to ever try to find him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Pop decided to come home?

2. What prank are Johnny and Tex planning at the beginning of chapter nine?

3. Who attends the funeral of the hitchhiker?

4. Why does Mason have a bandage on his head?

5. What do Mason and Cole discuss when Cole arrives at the vice principal's office?

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