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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose advice does Mac rely on most during the horse auction they attend?
(a) Billy's.
(b) Oren's.
(c) Troy's.
(d) John Grady's.

2. Who watches a game of chess between John Grady and Mac in Chapter 2?
(a) Elton.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Billy.
(d) Troy.

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

4. What age is the young woman John Grady becomes fascinated with on his first visit to the whorehouse?
(a) 12 or 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 19 or 21.
(d) 15 or 17.

5. How does John Grady end up on crutches near the beginning of the book?
(a) He got ran over.
(b) A bull hit him.
(c) A horse kicked him.
(d) He fell off the roof.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event does Mac talk about going on for too long after leaving the horse auction?

3. What is the name of the man that owns the ranch the boys work for in the book?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eduardo tell Billy regarding Magdalena after saying she is a "whore to the bone"?

2. What happens when Troy and Billy pass a group of Mexicans broken down on the side of the road?

3. How is the cowboy's dog hunt for mountain lions described in the book?

4. How is the cowboy's rivalry with a man called Wolfenbarger described in the book?

5. How does Billy tease John Grady after he stays up all night trying to tame a wild horse?

6. What is the nature of John Grady and Mr. Johnson's first conversation in the book?

7. What is the nature of Billy's request from Eduardo the first time they meet?

8. What does John Grady do with the blind man and his daughter at the Moderno in Chapter 2?

9. How is John Grady and Mac's game of chess described in Chapter 1?

10. How is Billy able to speak with Eduardo for the first time in the book?

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