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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does John Grady say it will take to rough break the horses?
(a) Four days
(b) Six days
(c) Sixteen days
(d) Fourteen days

2. What is it that the waitress calls everyone?
(a) Darlin'
(b) Doll
(c) Sweetie
(d) Dude

3. Which horse is John Grady riding when he beats Rawlins in their impromptu race on the day they go into town?
(a) Both
(b) His own horse
(c) Rawlins' horse
(d) Blevins' horse

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

5. What was Duena Alfonsa's profession as a young woman?
(a) Bookkeepter
(b) House wife
(c) School teacher
(d) Chess teacher

6. What is NOT among the clothing items John Grady and Rawlns buy on their trip into town?
(a) Gloves
(b) Jackets
(c) Socks and underwear
(d) Shirts and pants

7. Which direction are John Grady and Rawlins taken after their arrest?
(a) North
(b) West
(c) East
(d) South

8. Where does Don Hector Rocha y Villareal's wife live?
(a) In Santa Fe
(b) Mexico City
(c) With her mother at the ranch next door
(d) In a suite in the ranch house

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

10. What is the name of the horse John rides as he is out checking cattle in the rain?
(a) Red Dog
(b) Rebel
(c) Renegade
(d) Redbo

11. Who is in the photograph on John's grandfather's desk?
(a) John's father
(b) John
(c) John's grandmother
(d) John's mother

12. Where are John and Rawlins headed?
(a) Mexico
(b) Santa Fe
(c) San Angelo
(d) San Antonio

13. What do the boys use for a fire on the last night before they reach the ranch?
(a) Their blankets
(b) An entire dead tree
(c) They have no fire
(d) A pile of twigs

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land is in the la Purisima ranch?

2. Where do they see Blevins' horse?

3. What clue do John Grady and Rawlins have that Don Hector is near their camping place in the mountains?

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

5. What do Rawlins, John Grady and the other young boy from the ranch share before going into the dance?

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