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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what circumstances does Pop tell Tex that he was conceived?
(a) It was before Pop and his mother were married
(b) Pop was in jail
(c) His mother left his father because he was seeing other women
(d) Pop left his mother

2. What revelation does Lem make about Mason?
(a) That he does not like Lem
(b) That he wants respect not money
(c) That he wants money not respect
(d) That he does not like Tex

3. Which word best describes how Mason feels after Tex tells him he should definitely go to college?
(a) Confused
(b) Relieved
(c) Excited
(d) Happy

4. What does Pop announce he is finished with?
(a) Supporting the two of them
(b) Riding horses
(c) The children
(d) The rodeo circuit

5. What does Lem ask Mason to tell the police?
(a) Nothing, he doesn't want Tex to talk to the police
(b) That it was an argument over money
(c) That it was an argument over drugs
(d) That Tex was the cause of the argument

6. What does Lem ask of Tex?
(a) Not to tell anyone where he is
(b) Not to ever try to find him
(c) Not to tell Mason that he wrote a letter to him
(d) Never to tell the truth

7. What do Mason and Tex do to relax?
(a) Get drunk
(b) Go to bed early
(c) Shoot at targets
(d) Smoke marijuana

8. Who calls at two o'clock in the morning?
(a) Lem
(b) Bob
(c) Pop
(d) Cole

9. What does Jamie tell Tex that everyone else did in public, but she did only in private?
(a) Cry
(b) Talk to the police
(c) Talk to Tex
(d) Yell at Lem

10. What happened the night Tex was shot that has upset Johnny?
(a) Tex asked for Jamie first
(b) Lem was irresponsible
(c) Cole had to call the ambulance
(d) Tex was left to die

11. Why did Cole make Tex hang up the phone?
(a) So the ambulance could find Tex
(b) So he could call the police
(c) So he could call Mason
(d) So he could call an ambulance

12. Why doesn't Tex stop Lem from making one stop on his way back to the city?
(a) Because he is looking for a fight
(b) Because he hopes Lem will stop at his house
(c) Because he has no control over what Lem does
(d) Because he is emotionally distraught

13. Why does Tex say he will never shoot anything again?
(a) Because he no longer has the guts to kill things
(b) Because he is afraid of guns
(c) Because he made a promise to God
(d) Because he knows how it feels

14. Where did Mason attack Lem?
(a) In the waiting room
(b) In the police station
(c) At the phone booth
(d) In the parking lot

15. What prank are Johnny and Tex planning at the beginning of chapter nine?
(a) Motor bike stunt jumping over the basketball hoops
(b) Exploding caps on typewriter keys
(c) Food fight in the cafeteria
(d) Horse manure in a lunch bag

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tex think Mason should be relieved and happy?

2. What do Mason and Cole discuss when Cole arrives at the vice principal's office?

3. The news about the kidnapping makes the news in how many states?

4. What promise did Johnny make with God in regards to Cole and Tex?

5. What does Tex wonder about love?

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