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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 is tending more of the Parhams' horses when Billy and Boyd find them?
(a) A rancher.
(b) Two young boys.
(c) Three girls.
(d) A cowboy.

2. What does Billy use to chase away the animal?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Pipe.
(c) Pitch fork.
(d) Tree branch.

3. According to the girl, what type of man is useless?
(a) One who is unwilling to kill for his woman.
(b) One who cannot love.
(c) One who is angry all the time.
(d) One who is stingy.

4. Where does Billy go after his failed army entry attempts?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) SK Bar ranch.
(d) Phoenix.

5. What does the border guard tell Billy when he crosses back into the U.S.?
(a) He needs identification papers.
(b) He is too young to be riding randomly through Mexico.
(c) Billy can join the military because the U.S. is at war.
(d) He has to pay a border fee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Billy's mother's first name?

3. What healing concoction do the gypsies give the horse?

4. How was the man blinded?

5. The young girl tells Billy that her grandmother had been married and widowed __________ times by the age of 20.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How can Boyd's emerging folk hero status be considered a form of foreshadowing?

3. What are the circumstances in which Billy meets the gypsies?

4. What physical defect disqualifies Billy from enlisting in the army?

5. What name does Billy use when he signs the army enlistment form?

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

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

8. What is Boyd's condition when Billy returns to get him at the Munoz farm?

9. What does Billy do when he arrives in Deming and who shows Billy kindness?

10. What does Billy do when he finds Boyd's grave?

(see the answer keys)

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