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

2. Where does Blevins wait out the thunderstorm?
(a) Under teh wide limbs of a tree
(b) Under the roots of a tree
(c) In a cave
(d) Under the edge of a rock overhand

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

4. What is the name of the man who travels to America to pick up Don Hector's new thoroughbred?
(a) Roberto
(b) Pico
(c) Antonio
(d) Armando

5. What day does John Grady and Rawlins begin breaking the horses?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Saturday
(d) Tuesday

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the barn where John Grady works with the horses?

2. How many horses do John Grady and Rawlins bring from the mountains on what would be their final trip before their arrest?

3. What do Rawlins, John Grady and the other young boy from the ranch share before going into the dance?

4. How long does John Grady say he would like to stay in Mexico working with cattle?

5. How does John know his former girlfriend is watching him as he walks away from her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does John Grady say he does not think about Alejandra while he is recovering from his knife wounds?

5. What does Luis say about seeing the souls of horses?

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

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

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

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

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

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