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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many healthy horses do Gitano and Jody watch at the watering trough?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. Who cooks dinner the day Gitano arrives on the Tiflin ranch?
(a) Gitano's wife.
(b) Gitano.
(c) Jody.
(d) Mrs. Tiflin.

3. How is Jody's character first described?
(a) As spoiled and rich.
(b) As very naughty.
(c) As loud and obnoxious.
(d) As obedient and shy.

4. How is Billy's horse often described?
(a) As looking almost exactly like Billy.
(b) As the most beautiful horse in the county.
(c) As nothing special to look at.
(d) As an average horse but with crazy eyes.

5. Where did Carl get the pony from?
(a) He found him.
(b) A sheriff's auction.
(c) He never says.
(d) A neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the cow-pumpkins look when the novel first opens?

2. What does Mrs. Tiflin say after Gitano leaves?

3. When does Billy Buck first go into the ranch house every day?

4. How does Jody prepare for riding his pony once it is ready?

5. Where are pigs prepared for slaughter and slaughtered on the ranch?

(see the answer key)

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