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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. How are the men able to get their horses to go to the top of the mesa in Chapter 3?
(a) The horses were all used to going up the mesa.
(b) They had well trained horses.
(c) They kicked the horses.
(d) Tied jackets over the horse's eyes.

2. Who does Billy punch at the White Lake after Magdalena's death?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Tiburcio.
(c) John Grady.
(d) Pedro.

3. What state does Billy travel to at the very end of the book?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Colorado.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Texas.

4. What does John Grady say to Eduardo when he first confronts him after Magdalena's death?
(a) "You ruined my life".
(b) "I hate you".
(c) "You're dead".
(d) "I come to kill you".

5. Which of the following things does John Grady not tell Billy about just before dying?
(a) Where his money was.
(b) His parents.
(c) Where his pistol was.
(d) Where Mac's wedding ring was.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims the fattest puppy of the litter after they are saved on the mesa?

2. What is the term used for the woman who is paid to take care of the girls at the White Lake?

3. Where does Magdalena wake up after having a seizure in a cab in Chapter 3?

4. What does the person that helps Magdalena when she has a seizure with a customer in Chapter 3 use to prevent her from biting her tongue?

5. In the Epilogue, where does Billy sleep when he has a dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Magdalena has a seizure while she is with a client in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

5. How is the dream of a stranger described to Billy in the epilogue?

6. What is the nature of Billy's conversation with a police officer after discovering Magdalena was dead?

7. How does John Grady discover that Magdalena has died?

8. How is Eduardo killed?

9. How does Magdalena react when a woman offers to help her after she escapes from the hospital?

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

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