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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original purpose of the room in which John Grady and Don Hector play a game?
(a) A bedroom
(b) A parlor
(c) A chapel
(d) A dining room

2. Which horse is John Grady riding when he beats Rawlins in their impromptu race on the day they go into town?
(a) Both
(b) Rawlins' horse
(c) His own horse
(d) Blevins' horse

3. What does John Grady say about the smell of the first horse he catches?
(a) That it smells like what it is - a wild animal
(b) That it smells like a country morning
(c) That it smells like a goat
(d) That it smells like what it is - a horse

4. What do Rawlins, John Grady and the other young boy from the ranch share before going into the dance?
(a) Gum
(b) Liquor
(c) Gum and liquor
(d) A steak

5. Where do John Grady and Rawlins wait out the thunderstorm?
(a) Under the edge of a rock overhang
(b) Under wide tree limbs
(c) Under the roots of a tree
(d) In a cave

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of horses are in the painting in the dining room, according to John's grandfather?

2. How many horses do John Grady and Rawlins bring from the mountains on what would be their final trip before their arrest?

3. How old does John Grady tell Don Hector he is?

4. What is the gift his father gives John?

5. Why do Rawlins and John tell the young Mexican they are fleeing?

(see the answer key)

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