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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Carl's character first described?
(a) As a religious man.
(b) As a disciplinarian.
(c) As an outgoing community leader.
(d) As a silly, fun-loving father.

2. Where did Carl get the pony from?
(a) A sheriff's auction.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) He never says.
(d) He found him.

3. How does Jody feel when Carl and Billy are taking him out to show him his pony for the first time?
(a) Mad because he wanted a bike instead.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry at having to get up so early.
(d) Nervous.

4. Where does Jody initially think Gitano comes from?
(a) A foreign country.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The past.
(d) Out of the big mountains.

5. How high is the corn when the novel first opens?
(a) Knee high.
(b) Over Jody's head.
(c) Exactly even with Jody.
(d) It hasn't sprouted yet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Billy's horse often described?

2. What color hair does Jody Tiflin have?

3. What item does Jody find Gitano polishing?

4. What does Billy suggest Jody name the pony?

5. What kind of animal does Jody kill for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?

(see the answer key)

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