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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Billy is confused about whether to kill the wolf or ____________________.
(a) free the wolf.
(b) go get his father.
(c) yell for help.
(d) run away.

2. What is the name of the Parhams' other horse?
(a) Avalon.
(b) Keno.
(c) Black Jack.
(d) Lightning.

3. What happened to the boys' dog during the attack at the Parhams' ranch?
(a) His ears were sliced.
(b) He was shot.
(c) His throat was slit.
(d) His tail was cut off.

4. What does Billy say when the man advises the boys to return home?
(a) They're not going without the horses.
(b) They think that is a good idea.
(c) They don't have a home to return to.
(d) They want to avenge their parents' murders first.

5. What is the wolf doing when Billy sees her?
(a) She is caught in a trap.
(b) She is trotting through tall grass.
(c) She is howling.
(d) She is drinking from a stream.

6. What are Billy and Boyd doing when they encounter some Indians?
(a) Riding through a woods.
(b) Brushing their horses.
(c) Making camp.
(d) Bathing in a stream.

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

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

9. What do Billy and Boyd see in the Mexican town of Morelos?
(a) One of the Parhams' horses.
(b) A whorehouse.
(c) A festival.
(d) A gunfight.

10. What does Boyd say about the men who killed his parents?
(a) They called Boyd by name.
(b) They were soldiers.
(c) They were Indians.
(d) They didn't see him hiding in the barn.

11. An old man in an Indian tribe warns Billy of ______________________.
(a) the mounted rangers.
(b) the snakes in the desert.
(c) the dangers of being alone too much.
(d) the coyotes in the mountains.

12. How old is Boyd when Billy encounters the wolf?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 6.
(d) 14.

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

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

15. Who do the boys see a little bit later on the same road?
(a) Some men on horseback.
(b) A group of nuns.
(c) A wagon filled with agricultural workers.
(d) A sheriff and a prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dead animals do Billy and Boyd find that were killed by the wolf?

2. What does Mr. Parham give to Boyd when they are out fixing the traps?

3. What do the men do with the wolf?

4. What is Billy's immediate reaction upon seeing the wolf?

5. What is the name of Billy's hometown?

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