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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Billy's horse often described?
(a) As the most beautiful horse in the county.
(b) As nothing special to look at.
(c) As an average horse but with crazy eyes.
(d) As looking almost exactly like Billy.

2. What does Billy suggest Jody name the pony?
(a) Billy.
(b) Uni, since he looks like a unicorn.
(c) Gabilan.
(d) Red.

3. How does Jody kill the animal that he kills for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) He makes his dog go attack it.
(b) With his gun.
(c) With a slingshot.
(d) With his hands.

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

5. How does Gabilan respond to being bridle trained?
(a) He is rambunctious.
(b) He only responds to Jody.
(c) He surrenders almost immediately.
(d) He only responds to Billy.

6. How does Billy often perform at local rodeos?
(a) About average.
(b) He is too old - he usually just judges.
(c) Terribly.
(d) Very well - he often wins first place.

7. Who is Smasher?
(a) One of Jody's dogs.
(b) Jody's pet cat.
(c) The name of the bull on the ranch.
(d) Jody -- it's his nickname.

8. How does Jody feel about the Gabilan mountains when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) He doesn't think about them one way or the other.
(b) He finds them mysterious.
(c) He is amazed at their beauty.
(d) He is frightened of them.

9. Where is the infected lump located on the pony?
(a) Its leg.
(b) Its chest.
(c) Its ear.
(d) Its jaw.

10. What color eyes does Jody Tiflin have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Grey.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

11. How high is the corn when the novel first opens?
(a) Knee high.
(b) It hasn't sprouted yet.
(c) Over Jody's head.
(d) Exactly even with Jody.

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

13. How does Gitano leave his first dinner with the Tiflins?
(a) Grateful and thankful.
(b) He falls asleep at the dinner table.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Without a word.

14. What kind of animal does Jody kill for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) A rat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A cat.
(d) A spider.

15. What item does Jody find Gitano polishing?
(a) A rapier.
(b) A crucifix.
(c) A gun.
(d) An old necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gitano claim to have relatives?

2. What color hair does Gitano have?

3. What would Billy Buck like to do with Easter?

4. What is Billy Buck best known for?

5. How long does Carl say Gitano can initially stay for?

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