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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

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 runs out of gas and has to wait for the station to open.
(c) He is with a woman.
(d) He is avoiding a storm.

2. What does Hud reply when Granddad asks Hud's opinion of the situation?
(a) They should go for oil on the land.
(b) They should wait and see what the vet says.
(c) Granddad is 15 years too late in asking.
(d) He thinks they should try to sell the cattle across the border.

3. What does Hud say to Granddad about the ranch?
(a) Hud will get it from Granddad by any means possible.
(b) Hud could care less about the ranch.
(c) Hud will kill Lonnie before the ranch becomes Lonnie's.
(d) Hud wants to be equal partners in ownership.

4. What is Larry's grandmother's most outstanding characteristic?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Crabbiness with complaints.
(c) Spitefullness.
(d) Generosity.

5. What happens when Lonnie's father is shooting a snake that is about to bite Lonnie's grandmother?
(a) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's grandmother.
(b) The snake bites Lonnie's father who later dies.
(c) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's mother.
(d) The bullet ricochets and kills Lonnie's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hud?

2. How is Hud as a cowboy?

3. What does Lonnie think young people want to do in the present?

4. What does the state vet do to the ranch?

5. What makes Lonnie want to travel?

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