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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor accept as payment for his services?
(a) Horse.
(b) Money.
(c) Land.
(d) Nothing.

2. What kind of animals is pulling the gypsy cart?
(a) Donkeys.
(b) Burros.
(c) Oxen.
(d) Horses.

3. What does the blind man's wife prepare for Billy to eat?
(a) Hash.
(b) Stew.
(c) Boiled eggs.
(d) Tacos.

4. What does Billy do in the days after he buries Boyd?
(a) Returns to the family ranch.
(b) Rides out again with no destination.
(c) Buries Mr. Sanderson.
(d) Marries Mr. Sanderson's granddaughter.

5. Toward what city does Billy ride after crossing the border?
(a) Deming.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Butte.
(d) Tucson.

6. What meal does Billy eat at the diner the second time?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Lunch.

7. What do the children in the barn say about Billy the next morning?
(a) He is unconscious.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is wounded.

8. Why are Billy and Boyd approached by a gang of men?
(a) They are looking for runaways.
(b) They are border patrol guards.
(c) They want the horses back.
(d) They are recruiting outlaws.

9. The young girl tells Billy that her grandmother had been married and widowed __________ times by the age of 20.
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

10. In what city does Billy try to enter the army a second time?
(a) Brownsville,
(b) Houston.
(c) El Paso.
(d) Billings.

11. What do Boyd and the girl do that surprises Billy?
(a) Get married.
(b) Throw a birthday party for him.
(c) Return to the Parham ranch.
(d) Leave without telling him.

12. What does Billy give Boyd to drink before the doctor operates?
(a) Water.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Tea.

13. What is the name of the family at whose farm Boyd has been recovering?
(a) Gonzalez.
(b) Diaz.
(c) Sanchez.
(d) Munoz.

14. What is the name of the horse that Mr. Parham used to ride?
(a) Nino.
(b) Sassy.
(c) King.
(d) Pinto.

15. In Billy's dream, what does Boyd reply when Billy asks him what it's like to be dead?
(a) He says it is mystical.
(b) He says it is the ultimate peace.
(c) He does not answer.
(d) He says it is nothingness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do with Boyd's body when he finds it?

2. Why is it impossible for Billy to get into the army even if a doctor passes him through?

3. Where does Billy go after his failed army entry attempts?

4. How old is Boyd when he runs away with the girl?

5. What does a girl in the young girl's hometown tell Billy?

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