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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I - III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Phil not like alcohol?
(a) It is a waste of money.
(b) It is dangerous for your liver.
(c) He is afraid of what he would say while drunk.
(d) He does not like how it tastes.

2. Who helps to pay the Gordons’ bills?
(a) Johnny’s medical business.
(b) Rose’s parents.
(c) Johnny’s parents.
(d) The few guests the Gordons have.

3. How do the townspeople of Beech react to the coming of the Burbank cattle drive?
(a) Angry and helpless.
(b) Excitedly and anxiously.
(c) Annoyed and irritated.
(d) They do not react at all.

4. What luxury does the Burbank cattle ranch have?
(a) Television.
(b) Several automobiles.
(c) An alarm system.
(d) Electric lights.

5. How does Chapter II begin?
(a) The narrator describes the wild west in which the story takes place.
(b) The narrator describes the Gordon family.
(c) The narrator describes Phil and his brother, George.
(d) The narrator describes the winds that blow through the town of Beech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is included in Peter’s scrapbook?

2. How does Johnny die?

3. Where do Johnny and Rose first meet?

4. For what does Rose’s Red Mill become known?

5. As the men and cattle grow closer to the town of Beech, what does the narrator first describe about this town?

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