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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Blevins say he is unable to walk?
(a) He has no boots
(b) He's too weak
(c) His leg is broken
(d) His feet are busted up

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?
(a) A group of men on horseback
(b) Sheep followed by a truck
(c) A wagon
(d) Children playing a game

4. What is the name of the town where John Grady and Rawlins stop with their captors?
(a) Saltillo
(b) Palau
(c) Mexico City
(d) Encantada

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What is the first real meal John Grady is given after his injury from the knife fight?
(a) Chicken and applesauce
(b) Chicken and beans
(c) Beef, beans and pears
(d) Chicken, rice and pears

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the prison where John Grady and Rawlins are taken?
(a) Soledad
(b) Prison de Reforma
(c) Santa Capsular
(d) Castelar

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the charro hand John Grady as John Grady is riding out of the stable yard with the Captain?

2. What does John Grady have for dinner with the Reverend and Mrs. Blevins?

3. Where do John Grady and Rawlins discover Blevins worked after they parted?

4. What excuse does Alejandra say she'll give in order that she can leave to meet John Grady a day ahead of her planned arrival at the ranch?

5. What does John Grady confess to the judge after the hearing is over?

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