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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much advanced notice do the Tiflins have of Grandfather's visit?
(a) Three days.
(b) None; they find out the day he is supposed to arrive.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

2. What does Jody do with his surprise-filled lunchbox when he returns home from school?
(a) He hides it in his room.
(b) He buries it under the porch.
(c) He leaves it with his mother.
(d) He leaves it in the mailbox.

3. What is the colt born in?
(a) The colt is never born, actually.
(b) A twisted mess of pus.
(c) The placenta.
(d) A strange tumor of some kind.

4. How does Jody feel about the Gabilan mountains when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) He is frightened of them.
(b) He doesn't think about them one way or the other.
(c) He is amazed at their beauty.
(d) He finds them mysterious.

5. What does Carl tell Jody about his work with Nellie?
(a) That he needs to focus on school more and horses less.
(b) That he has done a good job.
(c) That he needs to relax -- a lot.
(d) That he needs to not be so attached to the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jody get drinks of water from while walking around the ranch?

2. What does Billy Buck say about how Nellie is handling her pregnancy?

3. What makes Carl think that Easter is dead the morning Gitano leaves?

4. What role does Carl play in the horse's birth?

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

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