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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the novel opens, what are Carl and Billy going to do?
(a) Go to New York City to see about another loan.
(b) Delivery the Christmas sermon.
(c) Drive six old cows to the butcher.
(d) Harvest the crops for the first time.

2. How does the pony's coat and mane look when Jody first sees them?
(a) Rough and tangled.
(b) Long and braided.
(c) Short and stubbly.
(d) Shiny and beautiful.

3. Where are pigs prepared for slaughter and slaughtered on the ranch?
(a) Beneath the cypress.
(b) Right near the kitchen so they can be cleaned easily.
(c) They aren't -- they are taken off property for this.
(d) In a special barn.

4. Who is Easter?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) A horse that really isn't any good anymore.
(c) A horse that is about to die.
(d) Carl's first horse.

5. How long does Billy say it takes for a colt to be born?
(a) Nine months.
(b) One week.
(c) Two months.
(d) Nearly a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gitano leave his first dinner with the Tiflins?

2. Where does Jody sleep while his pony is sick?

3. Who is Doubletree Mutt?

4. What does Jody have to do when he comes home from school every day?

5. How do the cow-pumpkins look when the novel first opens?

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