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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 is the book Don Hector asks if John Grady has read?
(a) Horse of Mexico
(b) Horse of America
(c) Horse and Man
(d) Horses and Breeding

2. What personal information is required of John Grady and Rawlins once they are hired at the ranch?
(a) Their names
(b) Names, ages and social security numbers
(c) Names, ages and how to reach their parents
(d) Names and ages

3. What does John Grady say about the smell of the first horse he catches?
(a) That it smells like what it is - a horse
(b) That it smells like what it is - a wild animal
(c) That it smells like a country morning
(d) That it smells like a goat

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

5. What is the name of the man who goes along with John Grady and the others into the mountains as a cook?
(a) Lamar
(b) Antonio
(c) Vasquez
(d) Luis

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of horse is ridden by the young girl John Grady and Rawlins see on their way to the ranch for the first time?

2. Why can't the three boys buy water from the caravans they encounter?

3. Who does John Grady say is the leader?

4. What is the name of the town where John Grady and Rawlins go on a Sunday afternoon?

5. What do John and Rawlins have for their first meal on their trip?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After Blevins loses his horse, the three encounter a work camp. What offer is made by the workmen concerning Blevins?

3. It is noted that John's grandfather has the distinction of being the first to die in a particular way. What was that way?

4. Who wins the chess games between Alfonsa and John Grady?

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

6. Why do John Grady and Rawlins say that the kid cannot ride with them?

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

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

9. What is it that Perez says he wants from John Grady?

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

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