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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has happened to a heifer on the ranch?
(a) It has been wounded by a wild cat.
(b) It ripped itself on barbed wire.
(c) It has dropped dead.
(d) It has disappeared.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the state vet bring on his return to the ranch?

2. Of what does the state vet think the heifer died?

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

4. What makes the strain less dangerous?

5. What does the state vet take with him for examination?

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