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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. How does Hipps transport the horses to Mississippi?
(a) By foot.
(b) By wagon.
(c) By train.
(d) By airplane.

2. What is the true nature of the small island where the convict and the refugee live for the week after the baby is born?
(a) It is an Indian burial mound.
(b) It is a capsized ship.
(c) It is a small sand dune.
(d) It is a dry levee.

3. Which of the following characters is trampled in the wild horse stampede as the farmers attempt to wrangle them after the auction?
(a) Snopes.
(b) Wallstreet.
(c) Henry.
(d) Eck.

4. Which of the following medical disorders does the doctor believe the convict suffers from?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Hermaphroditism.
(c) Hemophelia.
(d) Hypochondria.

5. Which of the following characters states that, "If a man can't take care of himself in a trade, he can't blame the man that trims him"?
(a) Ratcliff.
(b) Snopes.
(c) Hipps.
(d) Varner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money is Flem Snopes ordered to pay back to the Armstid family?

2. How does the judge in the Armstid case treat Flem Snopes?

3. How do the wild horses react when they are released in the auction pen?

4. How much money does the court claim Flem Snopes stole from the Armstid family?

5. How do the farmers describe the process of wrangling their horses after the auction to take them home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Snopes treat Mrs. Armstid in court when she brings up a case against him?

2. What happens the firs time the convict attempts to turn himself into the police?

3. In addition to the case brought up against Snopes, what other charges were pressed in the Mississippi town after the wild horse stampede?

4. How is Wallstreet almost injured while helping to prepare the wild horses for their auction?

5. What reaction does Doctor Varner have to the news that there has been a wild horse stampede in town?

6. How does the tall convict react to the army camp the prisoners are resettled to during the flood?

7. What is the general reaction to the judgment against Snopes in the courtroom?

8. What happens when Eck's horse comes into contact with the Littlejohn house?

9. Where is the refugee woman's baby born?

10. How does Hipps treat the wild horses that he brings in from Texas to sell in Mississippi?

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