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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. How old does John Grady tell Don Hector he is?
(a) Sixteen
(b) Seventeen
(c) Fourteen
(d) Eighteen

2. Where does Don Hector Rocha y Villareal's wife live?
(a) With her mother at the ranch next door
(b) In Santa Fe
(c) In a suite in the ranch house
(d) Mexico City

3. Where has John's Mama gone?
(a) San Antonio
(b) St. Augustine
(c) San Francisco
(d) St. Louis

4. What is it that John Grady and Rawlins talk about for a time on the night of their second trip away from the Ranch?
(a) Alejandra
(b) How much longer they should remain
(c) Whether anyone was looking for them
(d) Lineage of horses

5. How does Blevins determine that they' ae being followed after he gets his horse back?
(a) Walks back and looks
(b) Uses binoculars to look
(c) Gets away from the horses and listens
(d) Puts his ear to the road

Short Answer Questions

1. What clue do John Grady and Rawlins have that Don Hector is near their camping place in the mountains?

2. What does John Grady say about the smell of the first horse he catches?

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

4. What is the name of the eatery where John and his father share a meal?

5. How many men are in the first group of Mexicans on horseback John Grady, Rawlins and the kid meet on their way across the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Grady learn about Rawlins' time in the infirmary and what it means to their friendship?

2. What is the fate of John Grady and of his attacker once the fight ends?

3. What does Perez say about his ability to control the men in the prison?

4. What does John Grady say to the horse as he rides the animal cross country from the ranch?

5. What does John Grady say when Rawlins tells him that his father has passed away?

6. What does the old man in the cell with John Grady and Rawlins say about his confinement at Encantada?

7. What does John Grady do before he leaves the city of Saltillo?

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

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

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

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