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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lem tell Mason and Tex he is doing for work?
(a) Working in a lumber yard
(b) Using welfare
(c) Making illegal drugs
(d) A go-between selling drugs

2. Which of the following characters is NOT a member of Tex's family?
(a) Johnny
(b) Bob
(c) Mason
(d) Pop

3. How does Tex get out of the situation at the sporting goods store?
(a) Waits for Mason to come and vouch for his character
(b) Talks his way out of it
(c) Agrees to work to pay off any costs
(d) Goes with the police

4. Which word best describes how Tex feels when he first wakes up in the morning?
(a) Hungover
(b) Sullen
(c) Angry
(d) Relieved

5. What is Mason's biggest goal?
(a) To leave home and go to college
(b) To play in the NBA
(c) To be a basketball star
(d) To take care of Tex

6. What does the hitchhiker try to do as he leaves the vehicle?
(a) Shoot Mason
(b) Stab Mason
(c) Stab Tex
(d) Take Mason with him

7. Which of Tex's teachers really seems to care for him?
(a) Gym
(b) English
(c) Music
(d) Art

8. Why does Tex begin walking down the freeway after fighting with his brother?
(a) To find the horses
(b) To clear his head and think about things
(c) To run away from home
(d) To find his father

9. Which of the following types of people does the fortune teller say that Tex is?
(a) One who is quite sad
(b) One who goes
(c) One who stays
(d) One who finds happiness

10. Where does Tex go first after dropping off Mason at the hospital?
(a) Rodeo
(b) Hospital waiting room
(c) Library
(d) Shopping center

11. What does the hitchhiker tell Mason and Tex he has done?
(a) Sold drugs
(b) Killed a few people
(c) Killed a police officer
(d) Broken a few legs

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

13. What did Tex do to an art project which got him in trouble?
(a) Tore up another student's project
(b) Refused to do it
(c) Set it on fire
(d) Used profanity in it

14. What is Bob and Johnny's brother studying in college?
(a) Medicine
(b) Accounting
(c) Teaching
(d) Veterinary

15. When does Mason think their father will return?
(a) Before Thanksgiving
(b) In the spring
(c) Never
(d) Next week

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accepts full responsibility for the night of drunkenness?

2. How do Johnny and Tex feel after they have both made their attempts?

3. Where does Tex sneak to where he is almost caught by Cole?

4. What activity does Tex enjoy doing before going to school?

5. What is Tex accused of trying to steal?

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