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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horses does Don Hector say he intends to raise?
(a) Race horses
(b) Thoroughbreds
(c) Quarterhorses
(d) He doesn't say

2. How did the father of the man who cooks for the group in the mountains die?
(a) In a war
(b) During a robbery
(c) He isn't dead
(d) Breaking a horse

3. 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

4. How far do John and Rawlins travel by noon their first day?
(a) Four miles
(b) Forty miles
(c) Fourteen miles
(d) Forty-four miles

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

6. What information does the lawyer tell John about his mother and father?
(a) That they are still married
(b) That they have his best interests at heart
(c) That they don't have to give him any part of the ranch
(d) That they are divorced

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

8. How many horses do John Grady and Rawlins bring from the mountains on what would be their final trip before their arrest?
(a) Seven
(b) Nine
(c) Eleven
(d) Eighteen

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

10. How long does John Grady say he would like to stay in Mexico working with cattle?
(a) Until his mother sees reason
(b) He doesn't say
(c) A year or so
(d) About a hundred years

11. Where does Alejandra attend school?
(a) La Purisima
(b) Reforma
(c) La Vega
(d) Mexico City

12. What is the name of the eatery where John and his father share a meal?
(a) The Eagle Diner
(b) The St. Angelus Restaurant
(c) The Range Restaurant
(d) The Eagle Cafe

13. What kind of horses are in the painting in the dining room, according to John's grandfather?
(a) Picturebook horses
(b) Wild horses
(c) Arabian horses
(d) Painted horses

14. What does Don Hector reveal about plans for Alejandra?
(a) That she is to remain in Mexico City
(b) That she is to be sent to America
(c) That she is to be married to a wealthy landowner
(d) That she is to be sent to France

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John know his former girlfriend is watching him as he walks away from her?

2. What does Rawlins throw up in the air for the kid to shoot?

3. What does John Grady say about the smell of the first horse he catches?

4. How old is John?

5. What kind of dogs are with Don Hector Rocha y Villareal on the morning after John Grady and Rawlins arrive?

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