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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does John Grady ask to let him use a house they own for him and Magdalena?
(a) Elton.
(b) Billy.
(c) Mac.
(d) Mr. Johnson.

3. What kind of entertainment is at the Moderno?
(a) A magic show.
(b) Music.
(c) A circus
(d) Exotic dancing.

4. How much of an advance does John Grady ask of his pay from Mac in Chapter 1?
(a) $100.
(b) $50.
(c) $10.
(d) $25.

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

6. What game does John Grady often play with Mac in the book?
(a) Poker.
(b) Blackjack.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

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

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

9. Which of the following descriptions does not describe the condition of the house John Grady acquires for he and Magdalena the first time he sees it?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Rusted pipes.
(c) Full of books.
(d) Full of trash.

10. 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) $100.
(b) $50.
(c) $200.
(d) $30.

11. What does Eduardo say Magdalena owes him money for when Billy meets him for the first time?
(a) Jewelry and clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Room and board.
(d) Sex.

12. What does Troy tell Billy he will do about his injured car after he hits a bird in Chapter 1?
(a) Give him a new car.
(b) Split the cost of the damage.
(c) Loan him his car.
(d) Replace his windows for free.

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

14. What does Eduardo say to the first person that tries to buy Magdalena in the book?
(a) She is free.
(b) She is worthless.
(c) She is not for sale.
(d) She is very expensive.

15. Who do we learn was once in 4-F early on in the book?
(a) Johnny.
(b) John Grady.
(c) Troy.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird does Billy hit with a car in Chapter 1?

2. Who does John Grady find wandering outside and goes to sit with him in Chapter 2?

3. What is wrong with the group of people's car that Billy stops to help in Chapter 1?

4. Who decides they do not want to leave Mac's ranch in Chapter 1?

5. Who is thinking about leaving the ranch near the beginning of the book?

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