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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Lonnie go when he leaves the ranch?
(a) To a brothel in the city.
(b) To try to find the source of the cattle's illness.
(c) To a pool hall in Thalia.
(d) To visit the neighbor's teenage daughter.

3. What does the state vet do to the ranch?
(a) Tell Granddad that the cattle must be shot.
(b) Temporarily clear it for moving healthy cattle.
(c) Put it under quarantine.
(d) Nothing.

4. Of what does the state vet think the heifer died?
(a) Unguent fever.
(b) Hoof-and-mouth disease.
(c) Rabies.
(d) He has no idea.

5. What does Lonnie think young people want to do in the present?
(a) Stay on the family farms and feel connected.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Eat, sleep and do drugs.
(d) Experience all the excitement they can find in life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the boys amuse themselves back in Thalia?

2. Of what does Jesse complain?

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

4. What has happened to a heifer on the ranch?

5. What is Halmea doing with Granny in town?

(see the answer key)

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