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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clue do John Grady and Rawlins have that Don Hector is near their camping place in the mountains?
(a) The sound of talking
(b) The sight of a campfire
(c) The sight of greyhounds
(d) The sound of horses

2. 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) Plans for the following day's work
(c) Horses, cattle and America
(d) There is no conversation at the table

3. What color is the barn where John Grady works with the horses?
(a) Green
(b) Brown
(c) Red
(d) White

4. How old does John Grady tell Don Hector he is?
(a) Sixteen
(b) Eighteen
(c) Fourteen
(d) Seventeen

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

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

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

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

9. What piece of furniture is described in some detail as being in the hallway of the ranch house?
(a) A tallcase clock
(b) A wooden rocking chair
(c) A silver tea service
(d) A brass candlabra

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

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

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

13. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Blevins wait out the thunderstorm?

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

4. Where does the kid say he is headed when he first encounters John Grady and Rawlins?

5. What color is the plane flown by the owner of the ranch in Mexico where John Grady works?

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