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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time do John Grady and his fellow travelers reach Monclova?
(a) Just before ten o'clock in the evening
(b) Midnight
(c) Noon
(d) At supper time

2. What does the charro hand John Grady as John Grady is riding out of the stable yard with the Captain?
(a) The reins to Blevins' horse
(b) His hat
(c) A knife
(d) A pistol

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

4. What color is the table in Perez's room?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Brown
(d) Black

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

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

7. How many farm workers are picked up near Paredon?
(a) Fifteen
(b) Sixteen
(c) Four
(d) Five

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

9. What are the first things John Grady and Rawlins buy with the money Jimmy Blevins gave them?
(a) A bar of soap and a candle
(b) Protection
(c) A knife
(d) A bar of soap and can of tomato soup

10. Who is the man who cuts Rawlins the day after their encounter with Perez?
(a) Perez
(b) A prison guard
(c) Perez's bodyguard
(d) A man Rawlins had never seen before

11. What do the men give John Grady when they catch up with him and the Captain?
(a) A blanket
(b) A saddle
(c) A horse
(d) Food

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

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

14. How long does John Grady realize he has been gone from La Vega?
(a) Twelve days
(b) Seven weeks
(c) Nine weeks
(d) Seventeen days

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does it take John Grady to tell the judge his story about how he came to have Blevins' horse?

3. What do the men take when they catch up with John Grady and the Captain?

4. The day John Grady reaches San Buenaventura, he sees some children. What are they playing?

5. For what city does Rawlins buy a bus ticket?

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