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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. Where does John Grady tell Billy he didn't want to go to if Magdalena wouldn't be there?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Home.

2. What does Billy teach the children of a family he begins to stay with to do at the very end of the book?
(a) Cook.
(b) Milk a cow.
(c) Ride a horse.
(d) Rope a cow.

3. Who wakes up Billy to tell him about John Grady killing Eduardo?
(a) Tiburcio.
(b) Socorro.
(c) Mac.
(d) Pedro.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Billy call and tell to not allow John Grady to leave after Magdalena is murdered?

4. How are the men able to get their horses to go to the top of the mesa in Chapter 3?

5. What do the men use along with their horse to free the puppies from being trapped in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Grady do after killing Eduardo?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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