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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jody get drinks of water from while walking around the ranch?
(a) A pipe outlet from a cold spring.
(b) A river on their property.
(c) He has to go back to the kitchen.
(d) A Thermos he always carries with him.

2. What color hair does Gitano have?
(a) Black.
(b) None -- he is bald.
(c) White.
(d) Blond.

3. Where does Carl suggest Gitano go after he leaves the Tiflin ranch?
(a) To the town square so he can get a job.
(b) Monterey.
(c) To a neighbor's ranch.
(d) Back to wherever he came from.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jess Taylor say he saw riding Easter?

2. Where does Jody initially think Gitano comes from?

3. How does Jody kill the animal that he kills for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?

4. What kind of shoes does Jody Tiflin wear in late summer?

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

(see the answer key)

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