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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do John Grady and Rawlins wait out the thunderstorm?
(a) Under the edge of a rock overhang
(b) In a cave
(c) Under the roots of a tree
(d) Under wide tree limbs

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 country morning
(c) That it smells like a goat
(d) That it smells like what it is - a horse

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

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

5. What is it that the waitress calls everyone?
(a) Sweetie
(b) Darlin'
(c) Dude
(d) Doll

6. What does John Grady rub over the horse before putting the saddle on it?
(a) His shirt
(b) A rope
(c) A blanket
(d) A sack

7. What is the gift his father gives John?
(a) A new saddle
(b) A new horse
(c) A new truck
(d) New boots

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

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

10. Why do Rawlins and John tell the young Mexican they are fleeing?
(a) They stole two horses.
(b) They robbed a bank.
(c) They killed a man.
(d) They do not say.

11. What color is Alejandra's dress at the dance?
(a) Blue
(b) White
(c) Red
(d) Purple

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

13. What is the name of the town where John Grady and Rawlins go on a Sunday afternoon?
(a) La Purisima
(b) Mexico City
(c) La Vega
(d) Reforma

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

15. What is the name of the horse John rides as he is out checking cattle in the rain?
(a) Redbo
(b) Red Dog
(c) Rebel
(d) Renegade

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 the name of John's family attorney?

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

4. What is the name of the town where John and his father go on their final horseback ride?

5. What is the general conversation when John Grady and Rawlins take their seats at the dinner table their first night on the ranch?

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