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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does The Red Pony take place?
(a) We never learn.
(b) A small town in New Mexico.
(c) Salinas, California.
(d) San Francisco, California.

4. What color hair does Jody Tiflin have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blond.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

5. As Jody's pony gets sicker, what life-saving procedure must Billy do to keep it alive?
(a) Cut a hole in its windpipe.
(b) Keep it drugged.
(c) Give it alcohol to keep it calm.
(d) Amputate its leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gabilan respond to being bridle trained?

2. How does Jody feel when Carl and Billy are taking him out to show him his pony for the first time?

3. When the novel opens, what are Carl and Billy going to do?

4. Who is Doubletree Mutt?

5. When Carl and Billy first return from being gone when the novel opens, what does Jody smell on their breath?

(see the answer key)

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