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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men take from Billy before ordering him to follow them to a small town?
(a) Money.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Saddle.
(d) Food.

2. What does Billy do at the Mexican border?
(a) Returns the half dollar he owes.
(b) Gets directions.
(c) Trades horses.
(d) Buys a gun.

3. When Billy shoots a ___________, he and the wolf eat the entire thing.
(a) veal.
(b) doe.
(c) turkey.
(d) goose.

4. Who is Billy Parham?
(a) The protagonist.
(b) The author.
(c) The publisher.
(d) The editor.

5. What phrase does Billy utter as he makes his sudden decision upon leaving the campsite?
(a) "What the hell."
(b) "So be it."
(c) "Damn all of it."
(d) "Can't fight it anymore."

6. What does Billy borrow from a border guard when he returns to the United States?
(a) A coat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A half dollar.
(d) A hat.

7. What is distinctive about Billy and Boyd's dog?
(a) It has one green eye and one blue eye.
(b) It has only one ear.
(c) It cannot bark.
(d) It does not have a tail.

8. With what does Mr. Parham coat traps?
(a) Honey.
(b) Beeswax.
(c) Lamp oil.
(d) Lard.

9. Which Parham family members have already died by the time the family moves?
(a) Both grandfathers
(b) Sister and grandmother.
(c) Brother and grandmother.
(d) Two sisters.

10. Who had predicted what would happen with the wolf?
(a) His father.
(b) The rancher.
(c) The old bedridden man.
(d) Boyd.

11. What kind of animal do Billy and his father find in the trap?
(a) Coyote.
(b) Raccoon.
(c) Bear.
(d) Deer.

12. What does Billy plan to do if he catches the wolf?
(a) Keep her as a pet.
(b) Set her free.
(c) Collect the bounty.
(d) Shoot her.

13. Billy chops the heart and liver of a _____________ for the wolf to eat.
(a) weasel.
(b) rabbit.
(c) raccoon.
(d) squirrel.

14. Where do Billy and Boyd spend weeks traveling?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Texas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Mexico.

15. What does Billy go off alone to do after some instruction from his father?
(a) Run the traps.
(b) Herd the cattle.
(c) Hunt small animals.
(d) Catch some fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the German doctor buy a horse?

2. What does the old man's caregiver warn Billy about?

3. What does Billy find when he returns to the Indian's campsite the next day?

4. What are Billy and Boyd pulling when they encounter an Indian?

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

(see the answer keys)

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