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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the young girl want to do?
(a) Return home.
(b) Go out on her own.
(c) Go with Billy and Boyd.
(d) Stay with a rancher's family.

3. Who had packed Boyd's wounds with herbs?
(a) A bruja.
(b) A midwife.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A farm wife.

4. What new item does Billy have with him for this trip into Mexico?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Bedroll.
(c) Traps.
(d) Flask.

5. What do Billy and Boyd eat for dinner after rescuing their horses?
(a) Beans.
(b) Beef jerky.
(c) Tacos.
(d) Stew.

Short Answer Questions

1. The waitress gives Billy a free meal of __________________.

2. Where do Billy, Boyd, and the young girl stay for awhile?

3. How did the man in the bar get his scars?

4. Who catches up to Billy and Boyd when they are trying to escape with their horses?

5. What does Billy do in the days after he buries Boyd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Billy learn about how Boyd died?

2. Why does the army recruiter seem to take a special interest in Billy?

3. With what group does Billy find work and what does he do with his first paycheck?

4. How does Billy finally obtain papers of ownership for the stolen horses?

5. What do Billy and Boyd do when they find some of the horses that were stolen from their ranch?

6. How do Billy, Boyd and the young girl survive over the next few days and what is their ultimate arrangement?

7. What does the woman who reads Billy's palm tell him?

8. How does the author show what Billy is thinking in this story?

9. Describe the altercation Billy has with some bandits as he travels with Boyd's body.

10. What is the dream that Billy has about Boyd?

(see the answer keys)

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