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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does John Grady say must have paid their way out of prison?
(a) Blevins
(b) Alejandra's godmother
(c) Alejandra
(d) Don Hector

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

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

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

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

10. For what city does Rawlins buy a bus ticket?
(a) El Paso
(b) San Angelo
(c) Nuevo Laredo
(d) Mexico City

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

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

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

14. What does the Captain use as a sling for his injury?
(a) A shirt
(b) A belt
(c) A bandana
(d) A rope

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rawlins says they are in prison over a horse, what is John Grady's reply?

2. How much does the surgeon charge for removing the stitches in John Grady's face?

3. How long had Abuela worked for John Grady's family?

4. What are the first things John Grady and Rawlins buy with the money Jimmy Blevins gave them?

5. Why does Perez say he chooses to remain in prison?

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