View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason does the doctor give for Billy's not being able to join the military?
(a) Flat feet.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Heart murmur.

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

4. What does the man who had once given the boys permission to take the horses tell Billy?
(a) Boyd committed suicide.
(b) Boyd was killed in a barroom brawl.
(c) Boyd was killed in retaliation for killing another man.
(d) Boyd was hanged for cattle rustling.

5. What does Billy do with Boyd's body when he finds it?
(a) Has the body cremated.
(b) Donates the body to science.
(c) Wraps it in tarp and puts it on a packhorse.
(d) Puts the lid back on the coffin and buries it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy offer the doctor as payment for Boyd's care?

2. The doctor sends Billy for some things he needs such as water and _____________.

3. According to the army recruiter, one in ___________ boys who sign up for the military are not yet 18.

4. What kind of animal joins Billy as he seeks shelter from the rain?

5. What request does Boyd ask of Billy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What obstacles does Billy have when he tries to enlist in the army?

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

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

5. What sort of life direction does the border guard give Billy?

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

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

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

9. What does the dog symbolize for Billy?

10. Why are some of the people in a bar mad at Billy without even knowing him?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,174 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample