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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Granddad fire Jesse and Lonzo?
(a) He does not fire them.
(b) They were no help slaughtering the cattle.
(c) They can get unemployment if they are fired instead of quitting.
(d) He has no work for them.

2. What did Lonzo do all night?
(a) Keep Hud from doing something stupid.
(b) Guard the cow from buzzards.
(c) Work on the book he is writing.
(d) Sleep in the hayloft with a woman.

3. Why had Hud advised Granddad not to buy the cattle that was infected?
(a) They were already in the red on operating expenses.
(b) It was from Mexico and they tended to be infected.
(c) Hud wanted to go into dairy rather than beef as a ranch.
(d) Hud thought it was too expensive a price.

4. Who is Newt Garrett?
(a) The principal at Larry's school.
(b) Granny's doctor.
(c) A man Hud beat in poker.
(d) The local horse doctor.

5. What do Jesse and Halmea discuss?
(a) The best way to pluck a chicken.
(b) The social differences between Blacks and Whites.
(c) How to fool Hud.
(d) How to play a card game called cinch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lonnie go when he leaves the ranch?

2. What does the vet want to do to a few of the cattle and horses?

3. Why does the storekeeper ignore the situation with Lonnie and his friends?

4. According to Granddad, what does Hud lack the power to do?

5. What do they do to the cattle?

(see the answer key)

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