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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For how long is Johnny grounded from his motorbike?
(a) 2 weeks
(b) 1 month
(c) 1 week
(d) 2 days
2. Where is Mason going on Saturday?
(a) To the hospital for tests
(b) To the fair
(c) To visit the new baby
(d) To an away basketball game
3. Which word best describes Tex's behavior with the female clerk?
(a) Flirtatious
(b) Cool
(c) Smooth
(d) Awkward
4. What does Mason tell Tex is wrong with him?
(a) Cancer
(b) Nothing
(c) Mononucleosis
(d) Ulcer
5. Where do Tex and Mason decide to go before they leave the city and head home?
(a) To eat dinner with Jamie and her friends
(b) To the drug store to get Mason's medicines
(c) Shopping for fishing supplies
(d) Lem's house
6. What could it be said that Tex helps Johnny recover by making the jump?
(a) Success
(b) Dignity
(c) Health
(d) Reputation
7. Where is the fair?
(a) 50 miles from their home
(b) Further away in the country
(c) 20 miles from their home
(d) Down the road from their home
8. When does Tex think their father will return?
(a) Never
(b) In the spring
(c) Before Thanksgiving
(d) Next week
9. Who is Cole?
(a) Tex's father
(b) Jamie's father
(c) Mason's friend
(d) Jamie's brother
10. What does Mason chastise Tex for?
(a) Picking up a hitchhiker to begin with
(b) Speeding
(c) Looking at the hitchhiker's body
(d) Slamming on the brakes
11. Where does Mason announce that he has to go?
(a) Away to find Pop
(b) Basketball game
(c) City
(d) School
12. What was the name of the novel Tex read for a book report in English which he really enjoyed reading?
(a) Smokey the Bear
(b) Smoky the Cowboy
(c) Hokey the Cowhorse
(d) Smoky the Cowhorse
13. Why do Tex, Mason and Lem go to the Collins' home?
(a) To see Jamie
(b) To share the news
(c) To spite Cole
(d) To visit with Charlie
14. How does Tex do when he attempts the same thing as Johnny?
(a) He succeeds but cannot stop and is injured at the end
(b) He succeeds by just barely
(c) He crashes and is seriously injured
(d) He fails at the last minute
15. How does Tex feel about the thought of Mason leaving home?
(a) Excited
(b) Relieved
(c) Frightened
(d) Reassured
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the likely reason for the heat being turned off in the house?
2. What does the hitchhiker tell Mason and Tex he has done?
3. Which adjective is the best description as to Tex's feelings about he and Johnny's friendship?
4. What is Mason's biggest goal?
5. What causes Johnny and Tex to stop speaking for a period of time?
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