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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the kid say he is headed when he first encounters John Grady and Rawlins?
(a) Langtry
(b) Reforma
(c) El Paso
(d) Pumpville

2. Who is it that stops John and asks if they can be friends just before he leaves San Angelo?
(a) Martha Agnes
(b) Mary Elizabeth
(c) Cathy Martin
(d) Mary Catherine

3. Where does Blevins wait out the thunderstorm?
(a) Under teh wide limbs of a tree
(b) Under the edge of a rock overhand
(c) In a cave
(d) Under the roots of a tree

4. What is the name of the hotel where John sees his mother?
(a) The Ritz
(b) The Menger
(c) The Major
(d) The Broadway

5. What trick does Rawlins perform that makes the little Mexican girls laugh?
(a) Pretends to pull his finger off and put it back on
(b) Pulls a quarter from behind their ears
(c) Falls off the bench
(d) Pretends to pull off their noses

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three wearing as they cross the Rio Grande?

2. What information does the lawyer tell John about his mother and father?

3. Why can't the three boys buy water from the caravans they encounter?

4. Rawlins asks whether a person can believe in heaven without believing in hell. What is John Grady's response?

5. What is the general conversation when John Grady and Rawlins take their seats at the dinner table their first night on the ranch?

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