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TEX
  • STUDY QUESTIONS
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CHAPTER ONE
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1. Describe Tex and Mason’s family life. What family role does Mason fill? How does the responsibility affect him?
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2. What hardship do the brothers face? What does Mason do about it?
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3. How does Tex react?
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CHAPTER TWO
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1. How has Mason changed recently?
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2. According to Tex, how does Pop feel about Mason? How does Tex deal with it?
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3. Compare the way Tex and Mason act at the Fair.
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4. What happens at Charlie’s place?
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5. What were the circumstances of Tex’s mother’s death? What causes Tex to recall them?
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6. What is Tex afraid of?
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CHAPTER THREE
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1. What causes Tex to learn the meaning of the word depressed? How does he define it?
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2. What news does Lem Peters bring? Why does he tell his friends rather than his family?
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3. What happens at the Collins’ house?
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CHAPTER FOUR
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1. Who are Mrs. Germanie, Mrs. Johnson, Miss Carlson, and Coach McCollough? How does Tex get along with them? What does he like or dislike about each?
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2. What change occurs in Tex and Johnny’s friendship?
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3. Why does Jamie approach Tex? How does Tex react to her?
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4. Why does Johnny try to jump the creek? What are Tex’s thoughts and reactions as he watches?
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5. Describe Tex’s jump. How do Johnny and Tex feel about it?
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CHAPTER FIVE
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1. Three embarrassing things happen to Tex at Westmall. Describe each and tell why it troubles Tex.
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2. What do the hospital tests show? How does Mason’s reaction differ from his usual behavior? Why does Tex feel sad for him?
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3. What advice does Mason give Tex about girls?
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CHAPTER SIX
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1. What suspicious things do Tex and Mason observe about Lem and his new lifestyle?
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2. What does Mason accuse Lem of doing? What excuses does Lem give?
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3. How do Mason and Tex feel about Lem, now?
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4. Describe the hitchhiker. What does he demand?
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5. What does the hitchhiker tell Tex and Mason? How does he speak to them?
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6. What trick does Tex use to escape the hitchhiker?
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7. What happens after the shootout?
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8. What physical and emotional effect does the hitchhiker have on Tex and Mason?
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CHAPTER SEVEN
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1. How do Tex and Mason react to being on TV? How do others react to the news?
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2. What unusual things happen at the end of this unusual day?
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3. How do the boys react to Pop’s homecoming?
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4. How does Pop try to make amends for his long absence? What sours his offer?
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5. What does Pop do when he gets his first paycheck?
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6. How does Tex react to seeing Negrito? What changes does he see in the horse?
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7. Why do Negrito’s new owners refuse to sell?
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8. How does Tex hurt Mason? What does Tex discover about hurting others?
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CHAPTER EIGHT
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1. What does Jamie tell Tex about Cole’s relationship with his children? What does she cause Tex to think about?
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2. Why does Tex avoid telling Johnny about his feelings for Jamie?
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3. What happens during and after the basketball game?
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4. Summarize Tex and Jamie’s discussion while they are parked on the gravel pit road.
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CHAPTER NINE
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1. What prank do Tex and Johnny pull? How successful is the result?
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2. What punishment results from the prank?
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3. How have Tex and Jamie acted toward each other since the basketball game? What have Tex’s feelings been?
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4. When and where do Tex and Lem meet? What do they discuss?
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5. What opportunity does Mrs. Johnson bring to Tex’s attention? What warning does she give?
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6. Compare how Mason and Pop feel about Tex being in trouble.
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7. What startling fact does Mason say to Pop and Tex? How does Tex react?
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CHAPTER TEN
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1. What symptoms of shock does Tex show?
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2. What does Lem ask Tex to do? Why?
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3. What are Tex’s thoughts while Lem argues with his customers?
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4. How does Tex get involved in Lem’s argument? Describe the scuffle.
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5. What stops Tex from killing Kelly?
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6. Who does Tex try to call? Who does he reach?
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7. What happens when Lem returns?
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
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1. Who visits Tex in the hospital? Summarize the conversation Tex has with each visitor. Supply the details of Pop’s conversation.
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2. How do Tex, Mason, and Pop act after Tex comes home from the hospital?
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3. What does Tex want to tell Mason? What announcement breaks the artificial atmosphere? What does Tex tell Mason?
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4. What fear has Mason been harboring all these years?