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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. What is the term used for the woman who is paid to take care of the girls at the White Lake?
(a) A criada.
(b) A triste.
(c) A noche.
(d) A pieta.

2. How does John Grady travel after leaving his house for the last time in the book?
(a) Rides his horse.
(b) Drives a motorcycle.
(c) Hitchhiking.
(d) Drives a truck.

3. What kind of area are the wild animals responsible for killing on the ranch found in Chapter 3?
(a) The desert.
(b) A mountain range.
(c) A hay field.
(d) A river bank.

4. Who claims the fattest puppy of the litter after they are saved on the mesa?
(a) John Grady.
(b) Mac.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Billy.

5. Where does Billy go searching for John Grady at after he discovers Magdalena has died?
(a) Mexico.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) Mac's house.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does a Mexican police officer tell Billy say he does not answer to when he visits them in Chapter 4?

2. Which year does the book fast-forward to in the Epilogue?

3. Which of the following things does John Grady not tell Billy about just before dying?

4. Who wakes up Billy to tell him about John Grady killing Eduardo?

5. Who tells Billy that John Grady is a suspect in Magdalena's muder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Magdalena end up in a hospital?

2. How are John Grady and Billy able to save the litter of puppies they find trapped on the mesa?

3. How is Billy described when he is first seen in 2002?

4. How are Billy's actions described when he goes to the White Lake after Magdalena's death?

5. What does John Grady do after killing Eduardo?

6. How is John Grady's renovations on his new house described?

7. What does John Grady do at his house just after finding out about Magdalena's death?

8. Why does the blind man refuse John Grady's request that he be Magdalena's godfather?

9. What is the nature of the blind man's response to John Grady when he asks him to pray for him?

10. What is the nature of the information John Grady tells Billy just before he dies?

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