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

2. Who does John Grady spend a day out with the cattle early on in the book?
(a) Billy.
(b) Mac.
(c) Troy.
(d) Sam.

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

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

5. What is wrong with the group of people's car that Billy stops to help in Chapter 1?
(a) They ran out of gas.
(b) Their alternator is out.
(c) They have a flat tire.
(d) Their battery is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Johnson say a bandit set on fire that caused a stampede in Chapter 2?

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

3. Which of the following men are not present at the whorehouse at the beginning of the book?

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

5. Which of the following men does not go on the dog hunt in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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