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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. Which horse is John Grady riding when he beats Rawlins in their impromptu race on the day they go into town?
(a) Rawlins' horse
(b) Blevins' horse
(c) Both
(d) His own horse

2. What do John Grady and Alejandra have to drink during the intermission at the dance?
(a) Listos
(b) Cider
(c) Lemonade
(d) Water

3. What horse does John Grady say sired all those in the corral?
(a) Little Joe
(b) Joe Black
(c) Black Joe
(d) Little Black

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

5. What do Rawlins, John Grady and the other young boy from the ranch share before going into the dance?
(a) A steak
(b) Gum and liquor
(c) Gum
(d) Liquor

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that John Grady and Rawlins talk about for a time on the night of their second trip away from the Ranch?

2. How old is John?

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

4. How old is Don Hector Rocha y Villareal?

5. The Mexican woman gives John Grady and Rawlins a lunch after they leave her home. What do they carry the lunch in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does John Grady discover that Alejandra has been at the ranch house?

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

4. What bet does John Henry make while he and Rawlins are waiting to go to prison?

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

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

7. What does Alejandra say she learned about her father after she told him that she and John Grady were lovers?

8. Why does Alejandra say she told her father that she and John Grady were lovers?

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

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

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