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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. I Pg. 54-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what ailment does the piano player at the White Lake suffer?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He is missing an arm.
(c) He has cancer.
(d) He is blind.

2. Who is thinking about leaving the ranch near the beginning of the book?
(a) Troy.
(b) Billy.
(c) John Grady.
(d) Mac.

3. What does the person that drove across the desert say his car grill was filled with after it was over?
(a) Dust.
(b) Rabbit heads.
(c) Flies.
(d) Lizards.

4. How much does John Grady pay to spend an entire night with the woman he has been searching for since the beginning of the book?
(a) $200.
(b) $50.
(c) $100.
(d) $30.

5. Who offers to drive John Grady around to look for a girl he likes at a whorehouse?
(a) Billy.
(b) Mac.
(c) A cab driver.
(d) Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Troy ride all day with after contemplating leaving Mac's ranch in Chapter 1?

2. What sign does John Grady tell Mac he saw that told him a horse was lame in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. What war does the old man of the ranch discuss with John Grady during their first conversation?

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