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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. Why does John Grady say the horses in the corral are so skittish?
(a) They have never seen a man afoot.
(b) They have never been penned before.
(c) They hare been penned up for too long.
(d) They have never smelled white men.

2. Who is in the photograph on John's grandfather's desk?
(a) John's mother
(b) John's father
(c) John
(d) John's grandmother

3. What is the name of the town where John Grady and Rawlins go on a Sunday afternoon?
(a) La Vega
(b) Reforma
(c) La Purisima
(d) Mexico City

4. What information does the lawyer tell John about his mother and father?
(a) That they are still married
(b) That they are divorced
(c) That they don't have to give him any part of the ranch
(d) That they have his best interests at heart

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John Grady say is the leader?

2. What does John Grady instruct Rawlins to do before buying his new boots?

3. What personal information is required of John Grady and Rawlins once they are hired at the ranch?

4. How many horses are in the pen at the ranch?

5. What two things do the soldiers ask John Grady as he is being arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What plan does Blevins propose when the three are being chased by those from whom Blevins took his horse?

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

4. List at least six of the items John Grady and Rawlins buy at the small store near the Mexican border.

5. What is John Grady's reception upon his arrival back at the ranch?

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

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

8. Why does the judge say he believes John Grady's story?

9. Why does the kid leave the house after falling off the bench in the home of the Mexican family?

10. What is revealed during the conversation between John Grady and Alejandra at the dance?

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