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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. Who tells John Grady that Eduardo will kill Magdalena if she leaves him in Chapter 3?
(a) Tiburcio.
(b) The blind piano player.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Mac.

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

3. What happens when the cowboys tie ropes around the necks of the animals responsible for killing on their ranch in Chapter 3?
(a) The purposefully kill them.
(b) They accidentally break their necks.
(c) They put them in a cage.
(d) They throw them off a mountain.

4. What is the name of the cafe John Grady plans for Magdalena to go to in order to escape the White Lake?
(a) El Diego Spieto.
(b) El Patron de Pastille.
(c) La Calle de Noche Triste.
(d) La Ville en Rue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Billy travel to at the very end of the book?

2. 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?

3. Who tells John Grady that he will not pray for him and Magdalena in Chapter 3?

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

5. Who does Billy say he first believed the stranger he meets in the Epilogue to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does John Grady describe Magdalena's escape plan to her?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does John Grady do after killing Eduardo?

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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