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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII - VIII.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Rose convince herself that she misunderstood Phil the night he and his team dined at the Red Mill?
(a) A grown man would not humiliate a boy.
(b) Phil must be very sarcastic, and Rose does not understand his humor.
(c) He must be be jealous of Peter.
(d) She was in the kitchen and must have misheard him.
2. How does Chapter II begin?
(a) The narrator describes Phil and his brother, George.
(b) The narrator describes the Gordon family.
(c) The narrator describes the wild west in which the story takes place.
(d) The narrator describes the winds that blow through the town of Beech.
3. How is Phil’s favorite shack and swimming hole camouflaged?
(a) Overgrown willows.
(b) A large, high fence.
(c) Thick bushes.
(d) Several hills.
4. What year does the important cattle drive at the beginning of the story take place?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1925.
5. Why does Phil initially not take George’s behavior towards Mrs. Gordon too seriously?
(a) He has made it clear he does not have intentions to marry anyone.
(b) He has never been interested in a woman before.
(c) He has never mentioned her.
(d) He has never brought her to the ranch.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rose admit about her piano playing to the Governor and his wife?
2. How does the Governor feel about the dinner with George and Rose?
3. What does it mean to Johnny to be kind?
4. When Phil sees the cowhands flirting with the women, what does he wish?
5. How many calves does Phil brand in the spring?
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