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

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

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

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

5. What is Billy's mother's first name?
(a) Calinda.
(b) Cassie.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Carolyn.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Billy note about his life now that Boyd is gone?

4. What does the blind man's wife prepare for Billy to eat?

5. How was the man blinded?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Billy search for Boyd and what does he learn about his brother?

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

3. How does Boyd begin to attain the role of a folk hero?

4. Describe the dog that tries to share the barn with Billy to escape the rain.

5. What surprise decision does Boyd make as he is healing?

6. What does Billy's jealousy of Boyd's relationship with the girl prompt Billy to tell the girl?

7. Where does Billy finally bury Boyd?

8. What are the circumstances in which Boyd gets shot?

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

10. What does Billy learn about how Boyd died?

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