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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 is Mr. Burris dismayed?
(a) Because Lonnie and his friends made so much noise in the show.
(b) Because Jesse is working as a ranch hand.
(c) Because they opened up the heifer's carcass.
(d) Because Granny is not there for him to see her.

2. Who is Jesse?
(a) The new hired hand.
(b) Larry's half brother.
(c) Halmea's grandson.
(d) Hud's school buddy.

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

4. What else has technology done?
(a) Helped save Lonnie's father's life.
(b) Made Lonnie's family lose their farm.
(c) Changed things forever.
(d) Helped save Lonnie's sister's life.

5. What does the state vet take with him for examination?
(a) The heifer's tongue.
(b) Blood specimens from several other of the cattle.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The heifer's brain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Halmea doing with Granny in town?

3. About what does Lonnie reminisce in the Prologue?

4. Who is Mr. Burris?

5. What is Larry's grandmother's most outstanding characteristic?

(see the answer key)

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