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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. Who decides they do not want to leave Mac's ranch in Chapter 1?
(a) Billy.
(b) Troy.
(c) Elton.
(d) John Grady.

2. What happens after John Grady leaves the girl he has paid to spend the night with?
(a) She cries.
(b) She writes in a diary.
(c) She smiles.
(d) She has a seizure.

3. How long does John Grady sit with a person he finds wandering outside talking to himself in Chapter 2?
(a) Until midnight.
(b) For half an hour.
(c) Until 10 o'clock.
(d) Until dawn.

4. What is the name of the Colonel the old man of the ranch talks about with John Grady?
(a) Colonel Johnson.
(b) Colonel Popper.
(c) Colonel Fountain.
(d) Colonel Peters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When John Grady pays a man to find the whorehouse where a woman he likes is located, by what name does the man refer to the woman?

3. What is the message Magdalena sends to John Grady at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What war do the men tell stories about while on a dog hunt in Chapter 2?

5. How much of an advance does John Grady ask of his pay from Mac in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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