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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 does the stranger Billy meets in the Epilogue say he was traveling through in a dream?
(a) Mountains.
(b) The desert.
(c) An ocean.
(d) The forest.

2. What does the stranger Billy meets in the Epilogue say erased his memory in a dream he had?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) A drink.
(c) A wizard.
(d) A cookie.

3. What fatal wound does Magdalena suffer in the book?
(a) She is stabbed in the chest.
(b) She is shot in the head.
(c) She is strangled.
(d) Her throat is slit.

4. How long does John Grady wait for Magdalena after he sends a car to help her escape?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

5. What do the men use along with their horse to free the puppies from being trapped in the book?
(a) All the other men.
(b) Hound dogs.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A small tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date does John Grady tell Mac he wants to get married?

2. What kind of area are the wild animals responsible for killing on the ranch found in Chapter 3?

3. Who believes there is a litter of puppies hidden in the mesa and wants to find them?

4. Who confronts Magdalena about whether or not John Grady knows she is sick in Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Billy's work with a family at the end of the book described?

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

3. How does Magdalena end up in a hospital?

4. How does Billy survive when he travels to New Mexico in the epilogue?

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

6. How are John Grady and Billy able to coerce their horses to go to the top of the mesa?

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

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

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

10. What does John Grady do after killing Eduardo?

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