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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does John Grady say about the smell of the first horse he catches?
(a) That it smells like what it is - a wild animal
(b) That it smells like a goat
(c) That it smells like a country morning
(d) That it smells like what it is - a horse

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 is the name of the town where John and his father go on their final horseback ride?
(a) Robert Lee
(b) Robertsville
(c) San Angelo
(d) General Grant

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

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

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

9. 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 Don Hector's horse and Alejandra
(d) Where is his gun and his horse

10. What is used as lighting at the dance John Grady and Rawlins attend?
(a) Moonlight
(b) Candles
(c) Light bulbs covered by painted paper bags
(d) Bare light bulbs

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

12. What does Blevins say is the strangest thing he ever ate?
(a) Mountain oysters
(b) Raw oysters
(c) Grub worms
(d) Jack rabbit

13. Who is watching John Grady and Rawlins as they continue working on the horses after lunch?
(a) No one
(b) About twenty cowboys
(c) About twenty men, women and children
(d) Only the ranch owner and foreman

14. Rawlins asks whether a person can believe in heaven without believing in hell. What is John Grady's response?
(a) No
(b) That a person can believe whatever he wants
(c) That he doesn't know
(d) Yes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Duena Alfonsa's profession as a young woman?

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

3. What color is the barn where John Grady works with the horses?

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

5. How many horses are in the pen at the ranch?

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