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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the original purpose of the room in which John Grady and Don Hector play a game?
(a) A bedroom
(b) A chapel
(c) A parlor
(d) A dining room

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

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

5. What is the book Don Hector asks if John Grady has read?
(a) Horses and Breeding
(b) Horse and Man
(c) Horse of America
(d) Horse of Mexico

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

7. What are the three wearing as they cross the Rio Grande?
(a) Underwear
(b) Jeans and boots
(c) Their hats
(d) Boots and underwear

8. What does Blevins have in his possession the morning after the thunderstorm?
(a) A boot
(b) A pair of boots
(c) Boots and a shirt
(d) A boot and hat

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

10. What color is the plane flown by the owner of the ranch in Mexico where John Grady works?
(a) Yellow
(b) Red
(c) White
(d) Silver

11. How old is Don Hector Rocha y Villareal?
(a) Forty-seven
(b) Fourteen
(c) Seventy-four
(d) Fifty-seven

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

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

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

15. About what habit does John fuss at his father?
(a) Smoking
(b) Drinking
(c) Fighting
(d) Cussing

Short Answer Questions

1. Which horse is John Grady riding when he beats Rawlins in their impromptu race on the day they go into town?

2. What horse does John Grady say sired all those in the corral?

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

4. What is the name of the man who goes along with John Grady and the others into the mountains as a cook?

5. What piece of furniture is described in some detail as being in the hallway of the ranch house?

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