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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. As the men and cattle grow closer to the town of Beech, what does the narrator first describe about this town?
(a) The children playing in the schoolyard.
(b) The hustle and bustle of the townspeople.
(c) The church steeple.
(d) The stench of the Beech stockyard.

2. What is the relationship between Phil and George?
(a) They are business partners.
(b) They are brothers, business partners, and friends.
(c) They are friends.
(d) They are brothers.

3. How old is Phil at the start of the book?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

4. How is Rose treated at the grocery store in Herndon after marrying George?
(a) She is given preferential treatment.
(b) She is treated the same as everyone else.
(c) She is ignored.
(d) She is harassed.

5. What confuses Phil regarding George and Rose?
(a) Where George got the guts to court Rose.
(b) How George ever had to chance to speak to Rose in the first place.
(c) Rose is out of George's league, as she is both beautiful and talented.
(d) Why George would choose Rose over the upper class women from out east.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Rose’s Red Mill become known?

2. What is Phil’s reaction when he sees that he has made Rose nervous and uncomfortable?

3. How many steers do the Burbank brothers drive into town in this first chapter of the book?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George save Rose's day?

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe the town of Beech in Chapter I?

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

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

8. Why does Phil dislike alcohol?

9. How does Phil get Rose's goat regarding music?

10. Why is Beech unable to grow and develop?

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