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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 1 Pages 27-54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Billy's brother get into a fight with before going off to war?
(a) John Grady.
(b) His mother.
(c) Billy.
(d) His father.

2. What is the name of Billy's brother that died in the war?
(a) Sam.
(b) Avery.
(c) Henry.
(d) Johnny.

3. What is the name of the man that owns the ranch the boys work for in the book?
(a) Mac.
(b) Henry.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Billy.

4. Who diagnoses a horse as lame when a man brings it to Mac's farm in Chapter 1?
(a) Billy.
(b) Troy.
(c) Mac.
(d) John Grady.

5. What nationality are the group of people Billy stops on the side of the road to help in Chapter 1?
(a) Canadian.
(b) American.
(c) Mexican.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives John Grady a hard time about being "really something" near the beginning of the book?

2. Who is the author of "Cities of the Plain"?

3. What does the person that drove across the desert say his car grill was filled with after it was over?

4. Who do we learn was once in 4-F early on in the book?

5. Who does John Grady spend a day out with the cattle early on in the book?

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