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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fatal wound does Magdalena suffer in the book?

2. What does Magdalena do when she finds herself in a hospital in the book?

3. What does the stranger Billy meets in the Epilogue say he was traveling through in a dream?

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

5. Which of the following things does John Grady not tell Billy about just before dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Magdalena gets into the car at the cafe with the person she believes was hired by John Grady?

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

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

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

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

6. What does John Grady do after killing Eduardo?

7. How is Eduardo killed?

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

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

10. How is John Grady and Eduardo's knife fight described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of compassion that is presented in the book. What can we learn about the nature of characters like Billy based on his consistent acts of compassion towards his friends, family and even strangers?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of sacrifice that is presented in the book. Why does John Grady decide to sacrifice everything he has in order to have Magdalena, and what can we learn about the nature of his character based on his acts of sacrifice?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of having conversations in the book. What important role does John Grady's conversations with others, especially Mr. Johnson, have in our ability to better define the nature of his character and what motivates him?

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