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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Peter happy with his mother’s marriage?
(a) He misses having a father figure in his life.
(b) He wants his mother to be happy.
(c) She now has access to all he had ever wanted for her.
(d) He really likes George.

2. Why had the Old Lady and Old Gent moved to the hotel in Salt Lake City?
(a) They wanted to have less land to care for.
(b) They were tired of living with their grown sons.
(c) Phil made it known their presence annoyed him.
(d) They wanted a larger social scene.

3. How is Rose treated at the grocery store in Herndon after marrying George?
(a) She is treated the same as everyone else.
(b) She is given preferential treatment.
(c) She is ignored.
(d) She is harassed.

4. Why is this cattle drive in the first chaper of the book important to Phil?
(a) It is his twenty-fifth cattle drive with his brother.
(b) It will be the most cattle he has ever driven.
(c) It is the coldest cattle drive on record.
(d) It will be his last cattle drive.

5. In what state do both Phil and George attend college?
(a) Utah.
(b) California.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Idaho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a reason given for why Johnny drinks?

2. To what does the narrator compare the taunting of Peter by classmates?

3. When guests arrive early and more than a little drunk to the Red Mill, how does George save the day?

4. How does Rose respond when she learns she will be playing the piano for the governor and his wife?

5. How does Alma die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George save Rose's day?

2. How does Rose feel about how she is treated at the grocery store in Herndon after marrying George?

3. Why does Phil feel let down by their twenty-fifth cattle drive?

4. How does Phil get Rose's goat regarding music?

5. How does Phil's behavior in college affect George?

6. What bothers George about Phil?

7. How does Peter feel about his new life in Herndon?

8. How are Phil and George different from those around them?

9. How is George kind to Rose in Chapters IV and V?

10. How does Rose react when Peter asks if she is happy?

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