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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are Tex and Mason inundated with?
(a) Messages
(b) Phone calls
(c) Mail
(d) Visitors

4. What surprise does the vice principal tell Tex?
(a) That Johnny and he are no longer allowed to talk
(b) That Pop is not coming
(c) That he will fail and have to repeat a grade
(d) That he was almost expelled

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

6. Which one of Jamie's brothers does she say has disappointed her father?
(a) Bob
(b) Johnny
(c) Cole
(d) Blackie

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

8. Why doesn't Tex stop Lem from making one stop on his way back to the city?
(a) Because he hopes Lem will stop at his house
(b) Because he has no control over what Lem does
(c) Because he is emotionally distraught
(d) Because he is looking for a fight

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

10. What do Tex and Mason decide to do as the book closes?
(a) Go hunting
(b) Go visit Jamie and Johnny
(c) Go fishing
(d) Go read a book

11. Who attends the funeral of the hitchhiker?
(a) Tex's Vice principal
(b) Tex
(c) Mason
(d) Tex's English teacher

12. What is Pop doing instead of taking Tex to buy back his horse?
(a) Pool tournament
(b) Shooting tournament
(c) Working
(d) Getting drunk at the bar

13. What is one topic that Johnny and Tex cannot talk to each other about?
(a) Mason
(b) Jamie
(c) Pop
(d) Cole

14. What does Tex tell Lem when he gets out of the truck after being shot?
(a) Tex tells Lem to go home
(b) Tex tells Lem to go to get Mason
(c) Tex tells Lem to run away and be safe
(d) Tex tells him to dump him like everyone else has

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Tex ask for?

3. What does Tex tell Mason to hurt his feelings?

4. What does Tex indicate is the worst thing that could happen to the two of them?

5. What does Mason have nightmares about?

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