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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 Billy go to retrieve for John Grady only to find him dead upon his return?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Water.
(c) Some bandages.
(d) Liquor.

2. Who talks about his short lived marriage with John Grady in Chapter 3?
(a) Oren.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Mac.
(d) Tiburcio.

3. What does John Grady purchase to get married in?
(a) A brown suit.
(b) A navy suit.
(c) A black suit.
(d) A tuxedo.

4. In the Epilogue, where does Billy sleep when he has a dream?
(a) His house.
(b) Mac's house.
(c) An underpass.
(d) A hotel.

5. Where does Billy go after confronting Eduardo about Magdalena's murder?
(a) The Mexican police.
(b) The Moderna.
(c) John Grady's house.
(d) Mac's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Billy go searching for John Grady at after he discovers Magdalena has died?

2. Who does Billy punch at the White Lake after Magdalena's death?

3. How does John Grady travel after leaving his house for the last time in the book?

4. Who leaves Mac's ranch in the Epilogue?

5. What happens to an animal two cowboys catch with separate ropes in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do John Grady and Billy find a litter of puppies that are trapped on the mesa?

2. How do the cowboys inadvertently break the necks of some wild dogs they track in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Magdalena end up in a hospital?

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

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

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