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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. II pg. 106-127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Elton's wife?
(a) Janine.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Paula.
(d) Amy.

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

3. What war does the old man of the ranch discuss with John Grady during their first conversation?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Mexican Revolution.
(d) The Civil War.

4. What is the name of the brothel where John Grady finds the woman he has been searching for?
(a) The Saloon.
(b) The White Lake.
(c) The Heron.
(d) La Venada.

5. Who is the author of "Cities of the Plain"?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Earnest Hemingway.
(d) Cormac McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man the men at Mac's ranch have a rivalry with?

2. What is the relationship between Troy and Elton in the book?

3. What do the men from Mac's ranch do to try and beat their rival at the horse auction?

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?

5. Who tries relentlessly to break a wild horse near the beginning of Chapter I?

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