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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy tell Jody to do after he is done helping with the birth?
(a) Go get Mrs. Tiflin.
(b) Go get hot water and a sponge.
(c) Go get Carl right away.
(d) Send all the neighbors home.

2. How old is Jody Tiflin when the novel begins?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Four.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Ten.

3. What would Billy Buck like to do with Easter?
(a) Work him until he dies.
(b) Just let him relax and be.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Sell him.

4. What kind of horse was Easter when he was younger?
(a) Expensive but worthless.
(b) Beautiful and strong.
(c) Lazy and annoying.
(d) Stubborn and strong-willed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the colt born in?

2. How many healthy horses do Gitano and Jody watch at the watering trough?

3. What interrupts Grandfather's storytelling the first night he is visiting the Tiflins?

4. Where does Jody initially think Gitano comes from?

5. What does Grandfather overhear in the Tiflin kitchen the morning after he arrives?

(see the answer key)

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