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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 is a reason given for why Johnny drinks?
(a) To sleep better.
(b) To ignore his problems.
(c) To feel the equal of the wealthy ranchers.
(d) To ease his chronic pain.

2. When Burbank family members used to bring friends from out east, what does Phil know is the purpose of these visits, especially the women?
(a) To make new friends.
(b) To see a glimpse into the life of a rancher.
(c) To hopefully buy land from the Burbank family.
(d) To marry a wealthy Burbank.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George surprise Phil?

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

3. Throughout the first section (Chapters i-III) of the book, how does George act when Phil tries to start a conversation with him?

4. Why does the Old Lady believe that she and the Old Gent should be present at George’s wedding?

5. How does Rose see that she is fortunate regarding the two men to which she has been married?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Phil feel let down by their twenty-fifth cattle drive?

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

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

6. Why does Phil dislike alcohol?

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

8. How does George save Rose's day?

9. How might one describe the brothers, Phil and George?

10. How is George kind to Rose in Chapters IV and V?

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