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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy tell the stranger about Boyd?
(a) Boyd was lucky at cards.
(b) Boyd was a better shot than Billy is.
(c) Boyd committed suicide.
(d) Boyd was better at life than Billy is.

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

3. Who/what does Billy find when he arrives at the Munoz house again?
(a) No one is there.
(b) Boyd and the girl.
(c) The Munoz family.
(d) A couple of vaqueros.

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

5. Why does the leader of the bandits berate one of his men?
(a) For stealing from a grieving man.
(b) For desecrating a dead body.
(c) For killing a good horse with no reason.
(d) For not taking Billy's rifle.

6. What does Billy do the morning after he sleeps in the barn?
(a) Commits suicide.
(b) Makes coffee.
(c) Heads for home.
(d) Calls for the dog.

7. Where do Billy, Boyd, and the young girl stay for awhile?
(a) In the desert.
(b) At a convent.
(c) At their uncle's ranch.
(d) A village of farm workers.

8. How was the man blinded?
(a) He was born that way.
(b) His eyes were sucked out as a punishment.
(c) He has a degenerative disease.
(d) He had a hunting accident.

9. What does the woman reply when Billy challenges what she says?
(a) It will definitely come true.
(b) She has never been wrong.
(c) It is up to him what his future will be.
(d) It is only a game.

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

11. What does the doctor's servant return to the farm where the Parham boys are staying the next day?
(a) Billy's knife.
(b) Billy's money.
(c) Boyd's horse.
(d) Billy's horse.

12. Where does Billy store Boyd's body overnight?
(a) In a shed.
(b) In a barn.
(c) In a stream.
(d) In a tree.

13. What name does Billy sign on his army induction form?
(a) William Edward Parham.
(b) John William Parham.
(c) Louisa May Parham.
(d) Ella Mae Parham.

14. The woman who gives food to Billy also reads his palm and tells him about __________________.
(a) His two dead brothers.
(b) His father and mother.
(c) His future wife.
(d) Boyd and the girl.

15. What drink does the Mexican man refuse to drink?
(a) American beer.
(b) American whiskey.
(c) German beer.
(d) Irish whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Boyd ask of Billy?

2. What affliction does the animal seem to have?

3. What is in the cart that the gypsies are pulling?

4. Where does Billy sleep when he reaches his destination?

5. What is the only way Billy can join the military at his age?

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