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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does John Grady kill for food soon after parting ways with the Captain?
(a) A pheasant
(b) A rabbit
(c) A fish
(d) A doe

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

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

4. What do the men take when they catch up with John Grady and the Captain?
(a) Only the Captain
(b) Cash and a gun
(c) The Captain and a horse
(d) A horse and a blanket

5. What does John Grady use to cauterize the gunshot wound in his thigh?
(a) The heated barrel of a pistol
(b) The heated belt buckle
(c) The heated edge of a rock
(d) The heated blade of a knife

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

7. What is the first thing John Grady buys when he reaches La Vega?
(a) A Coca-Cola
(b) Dinner
(c) Clothes
(d) A horse

8. How long does it take John Grady to tell the judge his story about how he came to have Blevins' horse?
(a) Almost an hour
(b) Most of the afternoon
(c) Just over an hour
(d) Almost half an hour

9. What refreshment are John Grady, Rawlins and Blevins given when they stop in Ocampo?
(a) Cider
(b) Orange soda water
(c) Lemonade
(d) Water

10. How does John Grady gain entrance to the school room where he expects to encounter the Captain?
(a) By breaking a window
(b) By breaking down a door
(c) By bribing the maid for a key
(d) By opening an unlocked door

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

12. To where does the Captain tell John Grady they will be transported?
(a) Reforma
(b) Home
(c) Texas
(d) Saltillo

13. Where does John Grady say his country is?
(a) He says it is wherever he can find horses.
(b) He says he does not know.
(c) He says it is Mexico.
(d) He says it is Texas.

14. What color is the envelope John Grady is given as he prepares to leave the ranch?
(a) Rose
(b) Blue
(c) Cream
(d) White

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the scene depicted on the tapestry in the room where the Senora and John Grady meet?

3. What is the first thing the Captain asks Rawlins?

4. What color is the table in Perez's room?

5. Why does John Grady say he is going to return to the ranch?

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