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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Gitano claim to be born?
(a) In New Mexico.
(b) On the Tiflin ranch.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) On another planet.

4. What is the "carrion" that Jody mentions the buzzards are helpful with?
(a) Dead flesh.
(b) Seeds that need to be spread.
(c) Leftover crops.
(d) Poisonous buzzards.

5. 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 can see his long beard right away.
(c) By the way he walks.
(d) He smells him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ominous sign does Jody see that lets him know his pony has died?

2. Who does Jody first show his new pony to?

3. As Jody's pony gets sicker, what life-saving procedure must Billy do to keep it alive?

4. Where are pigs prepared for slaughter and slaughtered on the ranch?

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

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