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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 buy with the last of the money he has at Los Picos?
(a) Coffee, salt, cornmal and tinned fruit
(b) Cornmeal, tinned fruit and beans
(c) Tinned fruit, tortillas, salt and cornmeal
(d) Coffee, tortillas, tinned fruit and beans

2. Why does the Captain tell Rawlins to pull down his pants?
(a) To be tortured
(b) A guard wants the pants
(c) To check for a birthmark
(d) He does not say

3. What is the injury the Captain suffers?
(a) A bullet in the upper arm
(b) A bullet in the hand
(c) A dislocated shoulder
(d) A broken arm

4. The day John Grady reaches San Buenaventura, he sees some children. What are they playing?
(a) They are playing baseball.
(b) They are playing tag.
(c) They are splashing in the water.
(d) They are playing cards.

5. What does the Captain tell John Grady they know about Rawlins from his confession?
(a) That he is a criminal named Smith
(b) That he told John Henry's role in his crimes
(c) That he helped steal horses
(d) That he shot several men along with Blevins

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

7. How much does the surgeon charge for removing the stitches in John Grady's face?
(a) Fifty cents
(b) One hundred fifty pesos
(c) Fifty pesos
(d) Fifteen dollars

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

9. What do John Grady and Rawlins eat their first lunchtime of captivity?
(a) Sandwiches
(b) Beans and tortillas
(c) Goat mean and tortillas
(d) Beans and cornbread

10. What does the Senora say are the bonds that tie people closest together?
(a) The bonds of love
(b) The bonds of grief
(c) The bonds of friendship
(d) The bonds of parenting

11. What is the first thing the Captain asks Rawlins?
(a) For his passport
(b) For the location of stolen horses
(c) For his confession
(d) For information about Blevins

12. What time do John Grady and Rawlins arrive in Saltillo?
(a) Ten o'clock at night
(b) Just after noon
(c) Ten o'clock in the morning
(d) Midnight

13. Why does Perez say he chooses to remain in prison?
(a) He has political enemies
(b) He has a good life
(c) He can't find a way to escape
(d) He is respected in the prison

14. What does Blevins pull from his boot and give John Grady and Rawlins just before he is killed?
(a) Money
(b) An address
(c) A knife
(d) A letter

15. What does Blevins say he believes will happen to him?
(a) He will be returned to his parents.
(b) He will be shot by a firing squad.
(c) He will be sent ot the penitentiary.
(d) He will be hanged.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many farm workers are picked up near Paredon?

2. In what room does John Grady meet with the Senora?

3. John Grady passes up the offer of a bed one night and sleeps in a grove of trees. What is in the road the following morning?

4. Who does John Grady say must have paid their way out of prison?

5. What time is John Grady told to return for a meeting with the Senora?

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