Plot
Characters
Conflicts
Miscellaneous #1
Miscellaneous #2
100
Where does the story take place?
What is Oklahoma?
100
Who are the two main characters in the novel?
Who are Mason and Tex?
100
Why does Cole Collins want Mason and Tex to stay away from his kids?
He thinks they are a bad influence.
100
Who is Tex's best friend?
Johnny.
100
Who wrote TEX?
Who is SE Hinton?
200
What point of view is the novel written?
What is first person?
200
At the beginning of the story, where is Tex and Mason's father?
He works for the rodeo.
200
What is the result from Mason's test results at the hospital?
He has an ulcer.
200
This is known as a hint of clue that something is going to happen.
foreshadowing
200
What does Tex wonder about love?
Why it's so hard.
300
What does Mason do at the beginning of the story in order to get money?
He sells Tex's horse.
300
What is the name of Tex's "girlfriend?"
What is Jamie?
300
What happens to Tex when he accompanies Lem on a drug deal?
Tex gets shot.
300
Tex is known as "this" kind of story.
Coming-of-Age
300
In Chapter 4 we learn that Tex and Johnny had not been speaking to each other. They had a big disagreement. What was the disagreement about?
Their fathers.
400
In a store, Tex almost accidentally steals what?
What is a fishing lure?
400
Although he is married with a baby and appears responsible, this character has a "shady" background.
Who is Lem?
400
What does Tex tell Mason before he passes out from being shot?
What is "I'm not mad at you."
400
What is the name of Tex's horse?
Negrito
400
Following his operation, how does Tex answer the questions the police ask him?
He says the argument was over money, not drugs.
500
What sport does Mason play?
What is basketball?
500
After being given a ride by Mason and Tex, this character pulls a gun on them.
What is the hitchhiker?
500
What is the secret that causes Mason so much stress?
What is Pop is not Tex's real father?
500
What is the theme of the novel?
"Some people stay, some people go."
500
Name Tex's favorite book.
Smokey the Cowhorse
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