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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The girl at El Tigre invites Billy in for a meal of __________________.
(a) sausage gravy.
(b) beef stew.
(c) steak and eggs.
(d) tortillas and beans.

2. Why do Billy and Boyd veer off the road?
(a) To take a more scenic route.
(b) To evade the men on horseback.
(c) To give the horses a break.
(d) To make better time.

3. Why had the wolf crossed into the United States from Mexico?
(a) She got lost.
(b) There is no more food in her home area.
(c) She was chased by poachers.
(d) She saw her mate caught in a trap.

4. What does the rancher's wife ask one of the ranch hands to do?
(a) Wash the dishes.
(b) Mend the wolf's leg wound.
(c) Feed the horses.
(d) Milk the cows.

5. An old man tells Billy that trying to catch the wolf is like trying to catch a ____________________.
(a) dream.
(b) rainbow.
(c) snowflake.
(d) song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy note when he returns to the vaqueros' campsite?

2. What do Billy and Boyd eat for dinner after rescuing their horses?

3. The young girl tells Billy that her grandmother had been married and widowed __________ times by the age of 20.

4. Where does Billy finally see the wolf?

5. What does the man in the ghost town advise Billy to do?

(see the answer key)

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