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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 color are the boots Rawlins buys in town?
(a) Brown
(b) Black
(c) White
(d) Grey

2. Where do the boys next see Blevins' pistol?
(a) In the front seat of a car
(b) In the saddlebags of his horse
(c) In a man's back pocket
(d) On the ground

3. How many horses are in the pen at the ranch?
(a) Thirteen
(b) Fourteen
(c) Fifteen
(d) Sixteen

4. What do the boys use for a fire on the last night before they reach the ranch?
(a) They have no fire
(b) A pile of twigs
(c) An entire dead tree
(d) Their blankets

5. How old is John?
(a) Sixteen
(b) Twenty-one
(c) Twenty-six
(d) Seventeen

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does John Grady say Rawlins is?

2. Where does Blevins wait out the thunderstorm?

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

4. Into what game does Don Hector invite John Grady to join?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the surgeon say about the scar on John Grady's face?

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

9. What event prompts Alfonsa to call for a meeting with John Grady?

10. What infirmity does Alfonsa have and what does she say about scars?

(see the answer keys)

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