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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many horses are in the pen at the ranch?
(a) Fourteen
(b) Sixteen
(c) Thirteen
(d) Fifteen

6. What does the kid say is his real name?
(a) James Bodine
(b) Jared Belvins
(c) Jimmy Blevins
(d) Jimmy Blivet

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

8. What does Antonio call the new stud horse?
(a) Wonderful beauty
(b) Beast
(c) Caballo padre
(d) Padre bueno

9. What kind of dogs are with Don Hector Rocha y Villareal on the morning after John Grady and Rawlins arrive?
(a) Heelers
(b) Greyhounds
(c) Spaniels
(d) Sheepdogs

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

11. How old does John Grady say Rawlins is?
(a) Eighteen
(b) Seventeen
(c) Sixteen
(d) Fourteen

12. 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) About a hundred years
(d) A year or so

13. How do Rawlins and John Grady cook the first rabbit they kill on their trip?
(a) On a spit over a fire
(b) On a rock next to the fire
(c) In a bed of coals
(d) In a hole under the fire

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

15. What kind of horse is ridden by the young girl John Grady and Rawlins see on their way to the ranch for the first time?
(a) An Arabian
(b) A paint
(c) A thoroughbred
(d) A small mare

Short Answer Questions

1. How many friends are with Hector Rocha y Villareal the morning after John Grady and Rawlins arrive?

2. How does John Grady say the man named Julius Ramsey killed a lion?

3. How many horses do John Grady and Rawlins bring from the mountains on what would be their final trip before their arrest?

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

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

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