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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters X - XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Johnny die?
(a) He is accidentally shot and killed.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) Liver failure.
(d) He drowns in the river.

3. Who are Johnny’s patients?
(a) The majority of the townspeople of Beech.
(b) Wealthy ranchers.
(c) His family and close friends.
(d) The local poor.

4. What do both George and Rose know will greet them back home at the ranch?
(a) High winds and cattle.
(b) The squawking chickens and barking dogs.
(c) A warm fire and hot supper.
(d) The barking ranch dogs and Phil’s sniffling and coughing.

5. What is Phil’s reaction to Rose’s unusual work of art?
(a) He finds it odd and humorous.
(b) He thinks that she might be more deadly than he had expected.
(c) He thinks it is ugly and should be burned.
(d) He shows him that Rose is not too bright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does the important cattle drive at the beginning of the story take place?

2. What has destroyed Edward and Jennie's eyesight?

3. How does Rose respond when Phil tells her why he does not like her?

4. When Rose comes to understand that Phil is not coming to dinner, she realizes what?

5. How does Chapter XI end?

(see the answer key)

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