Cities of the Plain Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Cities of the Plain Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person that offers to buy Magdalena from Eduardo in the book?

2. What is the name of the Colonel the old man of the ranch talks about with John Grady?

3. What is the name of the old man on Mac's ranch?

4. Who does John Grady fill in about his love affair with Magdalena first in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of the man that offers to tell John Grady which whorehouse the woman he is looking for is at a price?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Billy's reaction when John Grady tells him the girl he likes lives at the White Lake whore house?

2. How does John Grady react when a man offers him work after helping him identify a lame horse?

3. How does John Grady come to secure a home for he and Magdalena?

4. How is John Grady and Mac's game of chess described in Chapter 1?

5. What is John Grady's first impression of a young Mexican girl he sees at the beginning of the book?

6. What does Troy say he is thinking about doing while on a long drive with Billy near the beginning of the book?

7. How is John Grady's attempts at taming a wild horse at the beginning of the book described?

8. How does the windshield of the truck Billy and Troy are traveling in get busted in Chapter 1?

9. How is Billy able to speak with Eduardo for the first time in the book?

10. How does Troy describe a long drive he once took in the desert?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death is one of the central themes discussed in the book. Part 1.) How does the author address the experience of one's spouse dying through characters like Mac and John Grady, and what purpose might he have for doing this? Part 2.) Why does John Grady willingly fight Eduardo to the death after Magdalena's murder, is this somehow an ironic response? Part 3.) What impact does death appear to have for Billy by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of the theme of loyalty in the book. What experiences led to characters like John Grady and Billy to have such loyalty ingrained in their actions? What role might ranching have on this presence of loyalty?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of sacrifice that is presented in the book. Why does John Grady decide to sacrifice everything he has in order to have Magdalena, and what can we learn about the nature of his character based on his acts of sacrifice?

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