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

3. Who picks Tex up after he walks out of the school?
(a) Lem
(b) Jamie
(c) Cole
(d) Mason

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

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

6. What does Mason have nightmares about?
(a) Kidnapping
(b) Pop leaving again
(c) Tex being hurt
(d) Mom dying

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

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

9. What do Mason and Cole discuss when Cole arrives at the vice principal's office?
(a) Whose fault it is this time
(b) Why Mason is there instead of Pop
(c) What punishment the school should dish out
(d) Who needed to take care of the situation

10. Why does Tex think Mason yells at him?
(a) Because Mason does not like Tex
(b) To make up for Pop never yelling
(c) Because Mason wants to be a father
(d) To make Tex feel bad about everything

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

12. Why does Mason have a bandage on his head?
(a) Because he was shot too
(b) Because he was in a fight after the basketball game
(c) Because he attacked Lem
(d) Because he attacked the man who shot Tex

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

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

15. What prank are Johnny and Tex planning at the beginning of chapter nine?
(a) Exploding caps on typewriter keys
(b) Motor bike stunt jumping over the basketball hoops
(c) Horse manure in a lunch bag
(d) Food fight in the cafeteria