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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tex begin walking down the freeway after fighting with his brother?
(a) To clear his head and think about things
(b) To run away from home
(c) To find the horses
(d) To find his father

2. Where does Johnny like to ride his motorbike?
(a) Dike
(b) Gravel pits
(c) Quarry
(d) Canyon

3. Which word best describes what Cole hopes to do to Mason and Tex?
(a) Repulse
(b) Excite
(c) Intimidate
(d) Help

4. What forces Johnny and Tex to finally start speaking to each other again?
(a) Cole going out of town
(b) Pop returning home to be with Tex and Mason
(c) Johnny's injury on his motorbike
(d) Jamie's threatening to no longer speak to Tex

5. What does Mason tell Tex is wrong with him?
(a) Nothing
(b) Mononucleosis
(c) Cancer
(d) Ulcer

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lem's parents feel about his decision to leave school and get married?

2. Where do Tex and Mason decide to go before they leave the city and head home?

3. Who is Cole?

4. Where does Tex sneak to where he is almost caught by Cole?

5. How did Tex get the wounds that Mason was tending to at the beginning of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mason hope to escape his home?

2. What role would you say Mason has had to fulfill for Tex?

3. What promise does Pop make to Tex?

4. Why is Mason in a bad mood when Tex arrives home?

5. How can you tell Tex's English teacher and the vice principal seem concerned with Tex's welfare?

6. What happens when the group goes to visit Charlie at college?

7. How would you describe the relationship between Tex and Cole?

8. Why does Tex decide to pick up the hitchhiker?

9. What kind of summer job did the Miss Johnson find for Tex?

10. How does Tex react to Mason's news?

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