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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color are the boots Rawlins buys in town?
(a) Grey
(b) Black
(c) Brown
(d) White

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

4. How does Rawlins say Julius Ramsey killed a lion?
(a) With a rock
(b) Shot it out of a tree
(c) With his bare hands
(d) Knocked it out of a tree for the dogs to kill

5. What do John Grady and Alejandra have to drink during the intermission at the dance?
(a) Lemonade
(b) Water
(c) Listos
(d) Cider

6. What horse does John Grady say sired all those in the corral?
(a) Black Joe
(b) Little Joe
(c) Little Black
(d) Joe Black

7. Into what game does Don Hector invite John Grady to join?
(a) Horse shoes
(b) Billiards
(c) Chess
(d) Poker

8. What is it that John Grady and Rawlins talk about for a time on the night of their second trip away from the Ranch?
(a) Lineage of horses
(b) Alejandra
(c) How much longer they should remain
(d) Whether anyone was looking for them

9. How much money do Rawlins and John Grady bet on their impromptu race on the Sunday they go into town?
(a) Fifty cents
(b) A dollar
(c) They don't bet
(d) Fifty dollars

10. Who does John Grady say taught him to play chess?
(a) His father
(b) No one
(c) Rawlins
(d) His grandfather

11. Where does the kid say he got his gun?
(a) At the gittin place
(b) At a pawn shop
(c) From his father
(d) At Sears and Roebuck

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

13. What does Blevins have in his possession the morning after the thunderstorm?
(a) A pair of boots
(b) A boot and hat
(c) Boots and a shirt
(d) A boot

14. 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) Fourteen
(b) Eight
(c) Five
(d) Three

15. What is the general conversation when John Grady and Rawlins take their seats at the dinner table their first night on the ranch?
(a) Why John Grady and Rawlins are in Mexico
(b) There is no conversation at the table
(c) Plans for the following day's work
(d) Horses, cattle and America

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blevins say is the strangest thing he ever ate?

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

3. Where does Blevins wait out the thunderstorm?

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

5. What does Antonio call the new stud horse?

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