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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. What does Phil think when he learns that George has been talking to Mrs. Gordon?
(a) George is finally going to be happy.
(b) Life as he knew it might soon be over.
(c) He will lose his best friend.
(d) Life is going to get much more exciting.

2. Once the Gordons purchase the old hotel in Beech, how is it now known?
(a) The Red Mill.
(b) The Grist Mill.
(c) The Doctor's Office.
(d) The Inn.

3. For what does Rose’s Red Mill become known?
(a) Singing and dancing.
(b) Spaghetti and meatballs.
(c) Fried chicken and piano-playing.
(d) Fine dishes and red wine.

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

5. What is Phil’s response when Rose calls him brother?
(a) He is happy to have a sister.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He is not her brother.
(d) He laughs at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Old Lady pleased by Rose?

2. When Phil sees the cowhands flirting with the women, what does he wish?

3. How does Phil find the entertainment of the men who put explosive devices in the anuses of young magpies?

4. What do both George and Rose know will greet them back home at the ranch?

5. How does Phil feel when he learns that George has married Rose?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Phil and George different from those around them?

2. How does Phil's behavior in college affect George?

3. What is known about the Burbank ranch in the first section (Chapters I-III)?

4. What makes both George and Rose reluctant to come home to the ranch?

5. How does Rose feel about how she is treated at the grocery store in Herndon after marrying George?

6. How does Rose react when Peter asks if she is happy?

7. How does Peter feel about his new life in Herndon?

8. What bothers George about Phil?

9. What is significant about the cattle drive in the first section (Chapters I-III)?

10. To what does the narrator compare the cattle drive?

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