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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is it that John Grady and Rawlins talk about for a time on the night of their second trip away from the Ranch?
(a) Lineage of horses
(b) Alejandra
(c) How much longer they should remain
(d) Whether anyone was looking for them

6. How many friends are with Hector Rocha y Villareal the morning after John Grady and Rawlins arrive?
(a) Five
(b) None
(c) Four
(d) Nine

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

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

9. How old is John?
(a) Sixteen
(b) Seventeen
(c) Twenty-one
(d) Twenty-six

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

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

12. How much land is in the la Purisima ranch?
(a) Eleven hundred hectres
(b) Eleven hundred acres
(c) Eleven thousand acres
(d) Eleven thousand hectres

13. What personal information is required of John Grady and Rawlins once they are hired at the ranch?
(a) Names, ages and how to reach their parents
(b) Names and ages
(c) Their names
(d) Names, ages and social security numbers

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

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

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 is it that the waitress calls everyone?

3. What kind of horses are in the painting in the dining room, according to John's grandfather?

4. Which direction are John Grady and Rawlins taken after their arrest?

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

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