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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 do the cowboys find has been getting killed in Chapter 3?

2. What does the stranger Billy meets in the Epilogue say erased his memory in a dream he had?

3. Where does Magdalena wake up after having a seizure in a cab in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is the term used for the woman who is paid to take care of the girls at the White Lake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does John Grady do after killing Eduardo?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of work ethic that is presented in the book. What can we learn about the nature of John Grady's character based on his incredible work ethic, both positively and negatively? How might his work ethic have played a role in his eventual demise?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author's portrayal of the nature of cowboy life in the book. What details and elements did the author use to accurately portray the lives of cowboys, and did he create a believable portrayal?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of dreams that is presented in various parts of the book, namely through John Grady and Billy. What might the author wish for the dreams portrayed in the book to symbolize and even explain about the characters that have them or are involved in them?

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