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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is it that stops John and asks if they can be friends just before he leaves San Angelo?
(a) Martha Agnes
(b) Cathy Martin
(c) Mary Elizabeth
(d) Mary Catherine

2. What day does John Grady and Rawlins begin breaking the horses?
(a) Saturday
(b) Monday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Sunday

3. How much money do Rawlins and John Grady bet on their impromptu race on the Sunday they go into town?
(a) Fifty cents
(b) Fifty dollars
(c) A dollar
(d) They don't bet

4. How old does John Grady tell Don Hector he is?
(a) Seventeen
(b) Eighteen
(c) Sixteen
(d) Fourteen

5. What clue do John Grady and Rawlins have that Don Hector is near their camping place in the mountains?
(a) The sight of greyhounds
(b) The sound of horses
(c) The sight of a campfire
(d) The sound of talking

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the boots Rawlins buys in town?

2. Where are John and Rawlins headed?

3. What does John Grady rub over the horse before putting the saddle on it?

4. What was Duena Alfonsa's profession as a young woman?

5. What does Rawlins throw up in the air for the kid to shoot?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Blevins loses his horse, the three encounter a work camp. What offer is made by the workmen concerning Blevins?

2. What does John Grady do with the old man who was imprisoned by the Captain and the young maid who he encountered at the schoolroom before leaving with the Captain?

3. What do John Grady and Rawlins decide to do when John Grady discovers that someone is following them?

4. Why does John Grady say he does not think about Alejandra while he is recovering from his knife wounds?

5. What does Perez say about his ability to control the men in the prison?

6. What does John Grady say when Rawlins tells him that his father has passed away?

7. What does Luis say about seeing the souls of horses?

8. What is the conversation between John Grady and Rawlins as Blevins is taken from the truck in the deserted area to be killed?

9. What does Alfonsa say about the difference between a woman's reputation and that of a man, and what is John Grady's reply?

10. How does John Grady come to believe that the man who attacks him is hired?

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