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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. What do the three drink at the small store in Reforma?
(a) Cider
(b) Apple juice
(c) Ale
(d) Whiskey

2. What is the name of the man who travels to America to pick up Don Hector's new thoroughbred?
(a) Armando
(b) Antonio
(c) Roberto
(d) Pico

3. What was the original purpose of the room in which John Grady and Don Hector play a game?
(a) A dining room
(b) A bedroom
(c) A chapel
(d) A parlor

4. About what habit does John fuss at his father?
(a) Cussing
(b) Smoking
(c) Drinking
(d) Fighting

5. What is the name of the town where John and his father go on their final horseback ride?
(a) Robertsville
(b) San Angelo
(c) General Grant
(d) Robert Lee

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Alejandra's dress at the dance?

2. Why do Rawlins and John tell the young Mexican they are fleeing?

3. Which direction are John Grady and Rawlins taken after their arrest?

4. How much money do Rawlins and John Grady bet on their impromptu race on the Sunday they go into town?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the argument John Grady and Rawlins have when they first encounter the kid?

2. What event prompts Alfonsa to call for a meeting with John Grady?

3. 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?

4. What prediction does Rawlins make regarding their situation and the complication of John Grady being interested in Alejandra?

5. What does Perez say a prison resembles and why?

6. What infirmity does Alfonsa have and what does she say about scars?

7. What is the difference between how Rawlins is questioned by the Captain and how John Grady is questioned?

8. What does the Senora say Alejandra promised in return for the Senora arranging John Grady's release? What is John Grady's response?

9. What does John Grady leave behind as he crosses open country to buy some time from his pursuers?

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

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