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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the man who travels to America to pick up Don Hector's new thoroughbred?

3. Who is in the photograph on John's grandfather's desk?

4. How do Rawlins and John Grady cook the first rabbit they kill on their trip?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John's father say John's mother returned to them when John was a child?

2. What does Perez say a prison resembles and why?

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

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

5. What bet does John Henry make while he and Rawlins are waiting to go to prison?

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

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

8. On what two things is it said John Grady and Don Hector totally agree?

9. What is the conversation between John Grady and Rawlins as Blevins is taken from the truck in the deserted area to be killed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the story Alejandra's godmother tells John Grady? What is the significance of the story?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Senora's attitude regarding fate? How does that compare to your own attitude on fate?

Essay Topic 3

How is the relationship between John Grady and Alejandra discovered? Why is it that they kept it a secret? Could they have handled it differently?

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