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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the three wearing as they cross the Rio Grande?
(a) Boots and underwear
(b) Their hats
(c) Jeans and boots
(d) Underwear

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

3. How does Blevins determine that they' ae being followed after he gets his horse back?
(a) Gets away from the horses and listens
(b) Puts his ear to the road
(c) Uses binoculars to look
(d) Walks back and looks

4. How many men are in the first group of Mexicans on horseback John Grady, Rawlins and the kid meet on their way across the country?
(a) Three
(b) Five
(c) Fourteen
(d) Eight

5. The Mexican woman gives John Grady and Rawlins a lunch after they leave her home. What do they carry the lunch in?
(a) A bag
(b) A bucket
(c) A cloth
(d) A box

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys use for a fire on the last night before they reach the ranch?

2. Where does the kid say he got his gun?

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

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

5. About what habit does John fuss at his father?

(see the answer key)

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