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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 piece of furniture is described in some detail as being in the hallway of the ranch house?

2. Where does Alejandra attend school?

3. Which direction are John Grady and Rawlins taken after their arrest?

4. What is the name of the town where John and his father go on their final horseback ride?

5. What is John Grady's response when Rawlins asks if it is possible to believe in heaven without believing in hell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is revealed during the conversation between John Grady and Alejandra at the dance?

3. What are the difficulties described by the man who traveled to America to pick up the new horse for Don Hector?

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

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

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

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

8. Why do John Grady and Rawlins say that the kid cannot ride with them?

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

10. How does John Grady come to believe that the man who attacks him is hired?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why does it seem that Rawlins always deferred to John Grady's judgments and decisions? Name at least three instances in which this is the case.

Essay Topic 3

What is the price Alejandra pays for having John Grady as her lover? How does it impact her life and those of her family members?

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