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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things do the soldiers ask John Grady as he is being arrested?
(a) Where is his gun and his horse
(b) Where is Don Hector's horse and Alejandra
(c) Where is Alejandra and her horse
(d) Where is his gun and his knife

2. What is the gift his father gives John?
(a) A new truck
(b) A new horse
(c) A new saddle
(d) New boots

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

4. What does Rawlins throw up in the air for the kid to shoot?
(a) A bottle
(b) His plate
(c) His wallet
(d) A rock

5. Who does John Grady say is the leader?
(a) Neither
(b) Rawlins
(c) Both
(d) John Grady

6. Why does John Grady say the horses in the corral are so skittish?
(a) They have never been penned before.
(b) They hare been penned up for too long.
(c) They have never smelled white men.
(d) They have never seen a man afoot.

7. What color is the plane flown by the owner of the ranch in Mexico where John Grady works?
(a) Silver
(b) Yellow
(c) Red
(d) White

8. What is the name of the man who travels to America to pick up Don Hector's new thoroughbred?
(a) Armando
(b) Antonio
(c) Pico
(d) Roberto

9. How old is Don Hector Rocha y Villareal?
(a) Forty-seven
(b) Fifty-seven
(c) Seventy-four
(d) Fourteen

10. What is the book Don Hector asks if John Grady has read?
(a) Horse of America
(b) Horses and Breeding
(c) Horse of Mexico
(d) Horse and Man

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

12. What is the name of John's family attorney?
(a) Floyd
(b) Fitzgerald
(c) Francis
(d) Franklin

13. Who is in the photo that was shot by the kid?
(a) Betsy Rawlins
(b) Betty Ward
(c) Mary Blevins
(d) Mary Catherine

14. How does John know his former girlfriend is watching him as he walks away from her?
(a) He sees her reflection in a window.
(b) He turns to look.
(c) She calls out to him.
(d) He does not know.

15. What does John Grady instruct Rawlins to do before buying his new boots?
(a) Nothing
(b) Dance in them
(c) Ride in them
(d) Count his money

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy John Grady and Rawlins share a drink with before entering the dance?

2. How old is John?

3. What personal information is required of John Grady and Rawlins once they are hired at the ranch?

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

5. Where are John and Rawlins headed?

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