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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Jody tell the man approaching his house in Chapter 2 is older?
(a) He knows the man and knows that he is old.
(b) He smells him.
(c) By the way he walks.
(d) He can see his long beard right away.

2. Where are pigs prepared for slaughter and slaughtered on the ranch?
(a) Right near the kitchen so they can be cleaned easily.
(b) They aren't -- they are taken off property for this.
(c) In a special barn.
(d) Beneath the cypress.

3. How is Billy's horse often described?
(a) As an average horse but with crazy eyes.
(b) As nothing special to look at.
(c) As the most beautiful horse in the county.
(d) As looking almost exactly like Billy.

4. What is Billy Buck best known for?
(a) His skill with horses.
(b) His ability to make crops grow.
(c) His fair banking practices.
(d) His fiery sermons.

5. What does Billy do to try to fix Nellie's problem with the delivery?
(a) Turn the colt around inside.
(b) Pray.
(c) Drug Nellie.
(d) Get help from the neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jody dispose of the body of the animal he kills when Chapter 2 opens?

2. What kind of contests does Billy Buck win on Easter?

3. What color hair does Gitano have?

4. What nickname does Jody give to his imaginary horse?

5. How high is the corn when the novel first opens?

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