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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Phil feel when he imagines George caressing Rose?
(a) It makes him cringe.
(b) It excites him.
(c) It makes him uneasy.
(d) It annoys him.

2. How does George surprise Phil?
(a) He tells Phil that he should bring a date to the Governor's dinner.
(b) He begs Phil to be kind to Rose.
(c) He tells Phil he is not welcome at the dinner with the Governor and his wife.
(d) He gets up the nerve to ask his brother to improve his appearance at the Governor’s dinner.

3. How does Phil find the entertainment of the men who put explosive devices in the anuses of young magpies?
(a) Both funny and disturbing.
(b) Idiotic and childish.
(c) Hilarious and amusing.
(d) Horrifying.

4. Where do Johnny and Rose first meet?
(a) At a college in Chicago.
(b) In a saloon in Beech.
(c) A movie house in Chicago.
(d) A hospital in Chicago.

5. What is Phil’s reaction when he sees that he has made Rose nervous and uncomfortable?
(a) He calms down.
(b) He frowns.
(c) He feels bad.
(d) He smiles.

6. How does Phil get Rose’s goat, regarding playing the piano?
(a) He tells her she is awful on the piano.
(b) Whatever she plays on the piano, he plays his banjo - only better.
(c) He laughs every time she plays a note.
(d) He sits right next to the piano, when she plays.

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

8. When does George arrive home in the snow storm in Chapter IV?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 10 p.m.

9. How does Rose react when Peter asks her if she is happy?
(a) She talks around the question.
(b) She says she is very happy.
(c) She begins to cry.
(d) She tells him about Phil.

10. In what state do both Phil and George attend college?
(a) Nevada.
(b) California.
(c) Utah.
(d) Idaho.

11. What reason does Phil give when George is not asked to pledge a fraternity?
(a) Phil believes it is his fault.
(b) Phil believes it is George’s fault.
(c) The fraternities are all full.
(d) The fraternity probably forgot to stop by.

12. How does Peter feel at his new school and boarding house?
(a) He is content.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is nervous.
(d) He is homesick.

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

14. Who is the one who does the castration of the calves?
(a) Phil.
(b) Peter.
(c) George.
(d) Johnny.

15. How many steers do the Burbank brothers drive into town in this first chapter of the book?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Phil not like alcohol?

2. Why does Johnny’s advisor suggest he look for a small town in need of a doctor?

3. How does Alma die?

4. What is a reason given for why Johnny drinks?

5. As the men and cattle grow closer to the town of Beech, what does the narrator first describe about this town?

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