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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cooks dinner the day Gitano arrives on the Tiflin ranch?
(a) Gitano.
(b) Gitano's wife.
(c) Jody.
(d) Mrs. Tiflin.

2. What role did Grandfather play in the traveling group when he was crossing the plains?
(a) He was a horseman.
(b) He was responsible for rationing water.
(c) He was a leader of sorts.
(d) He was a hunter.

3. What color skin does Gitano have?
(a) Very freckly.
(b) Dark.
(c) Light.
(d) It's hard to tell because he's been burned.

4. What is a common breakfast in the Tiflin household?
(a) None -- they are very poor.
(b) Fresh turkey sandwiches.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Eggs, bacon, and biscuits.

5. How does Carl react to the confirmation that Gitano is with Easter?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He sets up a search party.
(c) He doesn't care one way or the other.
(d) He gets furiously angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Billy Buck first go into the ranch house every day?

2. What does Jody decide to name the new colt?

3. Who is the only person to encourage Grandfather's storytelling during his first night at the Tiflins?

4. What interrupts Grandfather's storytelling the first night he is visiting the Tiflins?

5. What would Billy Buck like to do with Easter?

(see the answer key)

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