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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 was Duena Alfonsa's profession as a young woman?

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

3. What does John Grady rub over the horse before putting the saddle on it?

4. How does Blevins determine that they' ae being followed after he gets his horse back?

5. What does Antonio call the new stud horse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Blevins say made him run away to Mexico?

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

4. What do John Grady and Rawlins decide to do when John Grady discovers that someone is following them?

5. What does John Grady do with the old man who was imprisoned by the Captain and the young maid who he encountered at the schoolroom before leaving with the Captain?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the stay in prison for John Grady and Rawlins.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Who is Jimmy Blevins? Describe his background, his life and the things that put him in the position to be killed.

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