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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hud stay in town the night before he is to take Granny to the city?
(a) He is avoiding a storm.
(b) He is with a woman.
(c) He runs out of gas and has to wait for the station to open.
(d) He gets drunk and falls asleep.

2. What do Lonnie, Jesse and Lonzo do in Thalia?
(a) Have ice cream at the soda fountain.
(b) Try to pick up girls.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Register for school.

3. What does Jesse do as the others return to the house?
(a) Stay in the pasture.
(b) Go into town to call the state vet.
(c) Go to visit his girlfriend who is the cook at the nearest neighbor's.
(d) Go to search for the heifer.

4. What does Hud do to anyone who seems weak?
(a) Teases them.
(b) Patiently teaches them.
(c) Ignores them.
(d) Knocks them around.

5. How does Larry feel about Hud?
(a) Looks up to him and hopes to be like him.
(b) Hates him.
(c) Adores him.
(d) Envies him but avoids him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jesse?

2. What was life like before the arrival of mass communication?

3. What has technology done to the rural way of life?

4. Why doesn't Granddad want to call the state vet?

5. Who is Hud?

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