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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jody have to do when he comes home from school every day?
(a) His afternoon chores.
(b) He just gets to play like a normal kid.
(c) His homework.
(d) Milk the cows.

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

4. Where does Jody initially think Gitano comes from?
(a) The past.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Out of the big mountains.
(d) A foreign country.

5. What ominous sign does Jody see that lets him know his pony has died?
(a) Rain clouds.
(b) Buzzards.
(c) An owl on a fence.
(d) A rattlesnake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color eyes does Jody Tiflin have?

2. How is Jody's character first described?

3. What item does Gitano leave behind when he leaves the Tiflins?

4. How old is Jody Tiflin when the novel begins?

5. How is Billy's horse often described?

(see the answer key)

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