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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John Grady go to Perez's quarters to ask?
(a) Rawlins' condition
(b) For money
(c) For protection
(d) For a job

2. What gift does John Grady buy for Alejandra while he waits for her?
(a) A gold bracelet
(b) A silver ring
(c) Jade earrings
(d) A silver necklace

3. When Rawlins says they are in prison over a horse, what is John Grady's reply?
(a) That he'd do it again
(b) He says Rawlins is right
(c) That they're better off than Blevins
(d) That the horse had nothing to do with it

4. How are men judged within the prison hierarchy?
(a) Their ability to withstand torture
(b) Their willingness to kill
(c) The level of their guilt
(d) Their possessions

5. Who carries John Grady out of the prison yard after the fight?
(a) Rawlins
(b) Perez
(c) Perez's man
(d) A guard

6. What does Reverend Jimmy Blevins' wife think John Henry wants from her husband?
(a) For him to help find the kid's parents
(b) For him to bless the horse
(c) For him to pray for John Grady
(d) For him to take the horse

7. How long had Abuela worked for John Grady's family?
(a) Fourty-five years
(b) Fifty-five years
(c) Fifteen years
(d) Fifty years

8. Why does John Grady say he is going to return to the ranch?
(a) The girl
(b) The horses
(c) To prove his innocence
(d) The horses and the girl

9. Where does Rawlins say he wants to go next?
(a) Wherever John Grady goes
(b) To see Alejandra
(c) To find work at another ranch
(d) Home

10. What did the Senora study in school?
(a) Mathematics
(b) Biology
(c) Botany
(d) Sociology

11. How does John Grady leave the city?
(a) Bus
(b) Walking
(c) Flatbed truck
(d) Horseback

12. Where does Emilio Perez live?
(a) In a large cell on the ground floor
(b) In a house on the prison grounds but apart from the prisoners
(c) In the cell next to John Grady and Rawlins
(d) Just outside the prison

13. Where is the first place John Grady and Rawlins go after leaving the bus that took them from the prison?
(a) A bus stop
(b) A cafe
(c) A motel
(d) A clothing store

14. How many shots do John Grady and Rawlins hear when Jimmy Blevins is shot?
(a) Two
(b) None
(c) One
(d) Four

15. How many days do John Grady and Rawlins travel as captives?
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Two

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John Grady sleep his first night on the road?

2. Why does Rawlins say he has a gun with him?

3. Where does John Grady discover the Senora is going to be gone the entire day he arrives back at the ranch?

4. What do the men give John Grady when they catch up with him and the Captain?

5. Where is the hotel John Grady and Rawlins stay on their first night out of prison?

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