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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV - VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Old Lady believe that she and the Old Gent should be present at George’s wedding?
(a) It might look funny if they are not there.
(b) They want to be supportive.
(c) She wants to be there to give advice to both of them prior to the ceremony.
(d) She cannot wait to meet the bride-to-be.

2. How does Rose convince herself that she misunderstood Phil the night he and his team dined at the Red Mill?
(a) Phil must be very sarcastic, and Rose does not understand his humor.
(b) A grown man would not humiliate a boy.
(c) She was in the kitchen and must have misheard him.
(d) He must be be jealous of Peter.

3. Why is this cattle drive in the first chaper of the book important to Phil?
(a) It will be the most cattle he has ever driven.
(b) It is his twenty-fifth cattle drive with his brother.
(c) It is the coldest cattle drive on record.
(d) It will be his last cattle drive.

4. As the men and cattle grow closer to the town of Beech, what does the narrator first describe about this town?
(a) The stench of the Beech stockyard.
(b) The church steeple.
(c) The children playing in the schoolyard.
(d) The hustle and bustle of the townspeople.

5. Why do sissies bother Phil?
(a) He fears them.
(b) He does not understand why they cannot be normal.
(c) He knows he is one.
(d) He worries they will turn everyone into sissies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What luxury does the Burbank cattle ranch have?

2. How does Peter feel at his new school and boarding house?

3. Once the Gordons purchase the old hotel in Beech, how is it now known?

4. Why does George matter-a-factly reprimand Phil at the end of Chapter III?

5. Of whom does Phil frequently tell tales?

(see the answer key)

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