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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the cow-pumpkins look when the novel first opens?
(a) They are large and ready for harvesting.
(b) They are still too small to see.
(c) They are enormous and expected to win a prize at the state fair.
(d) They are green and small.

2. How does Jody's mom feel about his dedication to the red pony?
(a) She is angry that it keeps him from school.
(b) She is proud.
(c) She is angry that it keeps him from his chores.
(d) She doesn't really care one way or the other.

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

4. How can Jody tell the man approaching his house in Chapter 2 is older?
(a) He can see his long beard right away.
(b) He knows the man and knows that he is old.
(c) He smells him.
(d) By the way he walks.

5. When Carl and Billy first return from being gone when the novel opens, what does Jody smell on their breath?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Nothing -- they are very, very thirsty for water.
(c) Milk.
(d) Beer.

6. When will Jody be allowed to have cartridges for his gun?
(a) When he saves up enough money to buy some.
(b) When he is no longer grounded for failing his classes.
(c) When he is 14.
(d) When he is 12.

7. What color skin does Gitano have?
(a) Dark.
(b) It's hard to tell because he's been burned.
(c) Light.
(d) Very freckly.

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

9. How old is Jody when Chapter 2 concludes?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 17.

10. Who is Doubletree Mutt?
(a) One of Jody's cats.
(b) Joday's pet racoon.
(c) Jody's pet toad.
(d) One of Jody's dogs.

11. Where did Carl get the pony from?
(a) He found him.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A sheriff's auction.
(d) He never says.

12. How does Jody dispose of the body of the animal he kills when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) He cuts it into pieces and throws them into the bushes.
(b) Hid hides it in the hay in the barn.
(c) He lets his dog take it away.
(d) He buries it.

13. Where does Jess report Gitano was heading?
(a) Toward the Mexico border.
(b) Nowhere in particular.
(c) Into the next town over.
(d) Into the mountains.

14. What does Jess Taylor report the horse rider was carrying?
(a) A small child.
(b) Lots of empty sacks.
(c) Something made of wood.
(d) Something shiny.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What unique item is Gitano wearing when he first arrives at the Tiflin ranch?

4. How does Jody get to school?

5. Who is Billy Buck?

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