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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tex answer the questions the police ask him?
(a) Truthfully
(b) He made up a wild story on his own
(c) As Lem told him to
(d) He refused to answer any of the questions

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

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

4. What happens to Mason at the basketball game?
(a) Mason breaks his ankle
(b) The opposing team attempts to hurt him
(c) Pop comes to the game drunk
(d) Tex and he have a fight

5. What revelation does Mason make about Tex?
(a) That Mason is Tex's father
(b) That Tex is to be expelled
(c) That Tex is going to be sent away to go to school
(d) That Pop is not his father

6. Why does Lem complain that Tex is shot?
(a) Because the police will ask questions at the hospital
(b) Because Lem doesn't want any trouble
(c) Because Lem doesn't know what to do
(d) Because Tex is getting blood in his truck

7. What does Jamie tell Tex can't solve everything?
(a) Happiness
(b) Life
(c) Love
(d) Desire

8. Under what circumstances does Pop tell Tex that he was conceived?
(a) Pop left his mother
(b) It was before Pop and his mother were married
(c) Pop was in jail
(d) His mother left his father because he was seeing other women

9. What does Mason tell Tex about college?
(a) He says he might not go and instead stay and work
(b) He says he can't wait to go
(c) He says he can't afford to go to college anymore
(d) He says he can't decide which one to go to

10. What does Pop announce he is finished with?
(a) The rodeo circuit
(b) Supporting the two of them
(c) Riding horses
(d) The children

11. What promise did Johnny make with God in regards to Cole and Tex?
(a) He promised to leave Cole if Tex died
(b) He promised to listen to Cole if Tex died
(c) He promised not to upset Cole if Tex lived
(d) He promised never to disobey Cole if Tex lived

12. Which word best describes how Mason feels after Tex tells him he should definitely go to college?
(a) Excited
(b) Relieved
(c) Happy
(d) Confused

13. What realization about Pop and Mason does Tex come to after Mason is injured?
(a) Pop worries more about Mason than Tex
(b) Pop doesn't care about his kids
(c) Mason is going to die
(d) Mason is not a good basketball player

14. What happened the night Tex was shot that has upset Johnny?
(a) Lem was irresponsible
(b) Tex asked for Jamie first
(c) Tex was left to die
(d) Cole had to call the ambulance

15. What does Tex realize about Lem?
(a) That he only cares about himself
(b) That he is not that smart
(c) That he is a trouble maker
(d) That he is just another person who will dump him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't the people Lem is talking to want Tex to go outside and wait?

2. Who replaces Mason in the basketball game?

3. Which one of Jamie's brothers does she say has disappointed her father?

4. Who picks Tex up after he walks out of the school?

5. How does Jamie hurt Tex?

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