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. What trick does Rawlins perform that makes the little Mexican girls laugh?
(a) Pulls a quarter from behind their ears
(b) Falls off the bench
(c) Pretends to pull off their noses
(d) Pretends to pull his finger off and put it back on

2. What kind of horses does Don Hector say he intends to raise?
(a) Quarterhorses
(b) Thoroughbreds
(c) He doesn't say
(d) Race horses

3. What is the name of the town where John Grady and Rawlins go on a Sunday afternoon?
(a) La Vega
(b) Reforma
(c) Mexico City
(d) La Purisima

4. 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

5. Why does John Grady say the horses in the corral are so skittish?
(a) They hare been penned up for too long.
(b) They have never been penned before.
(c) They have never smelled white men.
(d) They have never seen a man afoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has John's Mama gone?

2. What kind of horses are in the painting in the dining room, according to John's grandfather?

3. What does Don Hector reveal about plans for Alejandra?

4. Rawlins asks whether a person can believe in heaven without believing in hell. What is John Grady's response?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Blevins propose when the three are being chased by those from whom Blevins took his horse?

2. What does Alfonsa say about the difference between a woman's reputation and that of a man, and what is John Grady's reply?

3. What prediction does Rawlins make regarding their situation and the complication of John Grady being interested in Alejandra?

4. What does Rawlins say about Alejandra's likely taste in guys to date?

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

6. What is the first question posed by Don Hector upon the return of the man who traveled to America to get his horse?

7. List at least six of the items John Grady and Rawlins buy at the small store near the Mexican border.

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

9. Why does the judge say he believes John Grady's story?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 722 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample