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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. How did the father of the man who cooks for the group in the mountains die?

2. About what habit does John fuss at his father?

3. What is the book Don Hector asks if John Grady has read?

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

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

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

3. How does John Grady handle the new horse on his first encounter with it?

4. 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?

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

6. What does John Grady say to the horse as he rides the animal cross country from the ranch?

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

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

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

10. Why does John Grady say he does not think about Alejandra while he is recovering from his knife wounds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are John Grady's methods when it comes to dealing with horses? How are those methods different when dealing with humans?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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