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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Johnny taunted to attempt?
(a) Riding down a dangerous canyon
(b) Riding up the side of a mountain
(c) Jumping over Tex
(d) Jumping over a creek

2. What does Mason tell Tex is wrong with him?
(a) Nothing
(b) Cancer
(c) Ulcer
(d) Mononucleosis

3. How long has Pop been gone?
(a) Years
(b) Weeks
(c) Days
(d) Months

4. Where is Mason going on Saturday?
(a) To the fair
(b) To visit the new baby
(c) To an away basketball game
(d) To the hospital for tests

5. Who does Cole want to blame for the boys drunkenness the night before?
(a) Jamie
(b) Bob
(c) Mason
(d) Tex

6. How long has Tex been sleepwalking?
(a) Months
(b) Days
(c) Years
(d) Weeks

7. What forces Johnny and Tex to finally start speaking to each other again?
(a) Cole going out of town
(b) Jamie's threatening to no longer speak to Tex
(c) Pop returning home to be with Tex and Mason
(d) Johnny's injury on his motorbike

8. How do Johnny and Tex feel after they have both made their attempts?
(a) Worse
(b) Jubilant
(c) Sad
(d) Better

9. Which of the following questions is the yes or no question which Tex thought of while with the fortune teller?
(a) Will Mason leave me?
(b) Will I get Negrito back?
(c) Will Pop return before Thanksgiving?
(d) Does Jamie want to be my girlfriend?

10. What does the hitchhiker say he will do if Tex continues to speed?
(a) Take over driving the truck
(b) Let them both go alive with no injuries
(c) Kill Tex
(d) Kill Mason

11. What announcement does Mason and Tex's nighttime visitor share?
(a) Lem and his wife are moving in with Tex and Mason
(b) Lem and his wife are going back to school
(c) Lem and his wife are divorcing
(d) Lem and his wife had a baby

12. What does Tex overhear Jamie saying?
(a) She can't figure out Tex
(b) She doesn't like Tex
(c) She likes Tex
(d) Tex is obviously very awkward

13. Which sport does Mason excel at in school?
(a) Baseball
(b) Basketball
(c) Soccer
(d) Hockey

14. Who visits Mason and Tex at night?
(a) Cole
(b) Pop
(c) Bob
(d) Lem

15. Where is Mason and Tex's father?
(a) Fixing the furnace
(b) At his work
(c) On the rodeo circuit
(d) The author does not tell the reader about their father

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Tex known Lem?

2. Why does Tex begin walking down the freeway after fighting with his brother?

3. Which word best describes how Tex feels when he first wakes up in the morning?

4. Which word best describes Mason's feelings as he describes them to Bob?

5. Who do Mason and Tex think could be the next 'hitchhiker'?

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