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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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 runs out of gas and has to wait for the station to open.
(c) He gets drunk and falls asleep.
(d) He is with a woman.

2. How do the boys amuse themselves back in Thalia?
(a) Rating girls.
(b) Spitting contests.
(c) Bragging.
(d) Peeing contests.

3. What big city does Lonnie remember?
(a) Houston.
(b) Tulsa.
(c) Fort Worth.
(d) Oklahoma City.

4. What does Hud predict about the cattle?
(a) They will be saved by the new antibiotics.
(b) They will all have to die.
(c) They can be sold to Mexicans if Granddad will let him.
(d) They don't have the disease.

5. How old is Lonnie at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 33.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lonnie feel after hearing Hud and Granddad's conversation?

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

3. How is Hud as a cowboy?

4. What happens to Lonnie when he is getting a cow into the chute?

5. What does Lonnie say he wants to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the vet want to do to determine the strain of the disease and why does he want to do so?

2. What is the most exciting event of the year for Thalia and how does Lonnie feel about it?

3. What do the boys do after returning to Thalia?

4. What does Halmea think Jesse needs and what is his response?

5. What is Granddad's response to Newt's suggestion?

6. Who is Newt Garrett and why does he come to the ranch?

7. What is Hud's response on the way back from the stockyards when Granddad asks his opinion about the cattle?

8. How do Jesse's stories affect Lonnie?

9. What happens when the state vet arrives the next day at the ranch?

10. What do the men on the ranch do the next day?

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