View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does John Grady say it will take to rough break the horses?
(a) Sixteen days
(b) Fourteen days
(c) Six days
(d) Four days

2. 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.

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

4. What color is the plane flown by the owner of the ranch in Mexico where John Grady works?
(a) Silver
(b) Red
(c) White
(d) Yellow

5. Why do Rawlins and John tell the young Mexican they are fleeing?
(a) They killed a man.
(b) They robbed a bank.
(c) They stole two horses.
(d) They do not say.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the kid say is his real name?

2. What is the name of John's family attorney?

3. What is the general conversation when John Grady and Rawlins take their seats at the dinner table their first night on the ranch?

4. What trick does Rawlins perform that makes the little Mexican girls laugh?

5. Who is watching John Grady and Rawlins as they continue working on the horses after lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do John Grady and Rawlins do with the deer Rawlins shoots?

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

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

4. What does Rawlins say he hates about going home?

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

6. What does Blevins say made him run away to Mexico?

7. What does John Grady do after Alejandra leaves town?

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

9. What is the dream John Grady had in prison about Jimmy Blevins, and how does that compare to the dream he has on the afternoon of his return to the ranch?

10. What is the Senora's response when John Grady asks if she thinks he's a criminal?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 781 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample