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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 does the kid say is his real name?
(a) Jared Belvins
(b) Jimmy Blevins
(c) James Bodine
(d) Jimmy Blivet

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

3. What does Blevins say is the strangest thing he ever ate?
(a) Jack rabbit
(b) Mountain oysters
(c) Grub worms
(d) Raw oysters

4. What color is Alejandra's dress at the dance?
(a) Red
(b) Purple
(c) White
(d) Blue

5. What is the name of the hotel where John sees his mother?
(a) The Major
(b) The Broadway
(c) The Ritz
(d) The Menger

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are John and Rawlins headed?

2. Who is it that stops John and asks if they can be friends just before he leaves San Angelo?

3. What was the original purpose of the room in which John Grady and Don Hector play a game?

4. What is the name of the horse John rides as he is out checking cattle in the rain?

5. Which horse is John Grady riding when he beats Rawlins in their impromptu race on the day they go into town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rawlins say about a "good looking horse?"

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

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

4. What is Rawlins' response when John Grady says Don Hector has asked John Grady to move into the barn to work with the horses?

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

6. What does the attorney tell John about the family ranch?

7. What is the basis of the first conversation between Don Hector and John Grady?

8. How does John Grady handle the new horse on his first encounter with it?

9. What are the difficulties described by the man who traveled to America to pick up the new horse for Don Hector?

10. What does the Senora say about Don Hector allowing John Grady's arrest?

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