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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I - III.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how long does Johnny go without drinking?
(a) A year.
(b) Five years.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

3. How does Alma die?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Leukemia.

4. Of whom does Phil frequently tell tales?
(a) Wild Bill.
(b) Bronco Henry.
(c) Annie Oakley.
(d) Bronco Bill.

5. When Phil sees the cowhands flirting with the women, what does he wish?
(a) Whatever makes him different than them did not exist.
(b) He could find a woman of his own.
(c) He was more comfortable around women.
(d) They would leave the women alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attracts Johnny and Rose to Beech?

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

3. What is the relationship between Phil and George?

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

5. How do the townspeople of Beech react to the coming of the Burbank cattle drive?

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