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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jody have to eat at Jess Taylor's ranch in Chapter 3?
(a) A huge turkey dinner.
(b) Breakfast foods.
(c) Two pieces of pie.
(d) A slice of bread only, as the Taylors are very poor.

3. What does Jody decide to name the new colt?
(a) There is no colt for him to name.
(b) He doesn't want to name something that has died.
(c) We never find out.
(d) Jody, Jr.

4. Where does Jody spend most of his time during January?
(a) With Nellie in her stall.
(b) In the house, worrying.
(c) With his mother, just like a small child.
(d) At school trying to distract himself.

5. What role does Carl play in the horse's birth?
(a) None; he isn't there.
(b) He comforts Jody.
(c) He is busy bossing everyone around.
(d) He is strangely quiet in the corner.

6. How does Jody plan on getting rid of the animals that are living under the haystack on the Tiflin ranch?
(a) By buying a cat for the ranch.
(b) By setting skunk traps.
(c) By lighting the hay on fire and burning them out.
(d) By hunting them out with his dogs.

7. Whose ranch has Jody been told to take Nellie to?
(a) Jess Taylor's.
(b) Billy Buck's.
(c) No one's.
(d) A stranger's.

8. What is the one thing Jody remembers his grandfather talking about?
(a) Indians.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) His time in Spain.
(d) Women.

9. What does Grandfather overhear in the Tiflin kitchen the morning after he arrives?
(a) Jody saying that he smells like an old man.
(b) Billy saying that he has lost his respect for him.
(c) Carl complaining about his endless storytelling.
(d) Mrs. Tiflin talking about his failing memory.

10. What makes Jody excited about seeing the mailbox when Chapter 3 opens?
(a) It is new.
(b) The flag is open.
(c) He has been told he can paint it however he likes.
(d) It has been bashed in.

11. What animals are living under the haystack on the Tiflin ranch?
(a) Cats.
(b) Skunks.
(c) Mice.
(d) Racoons.

12. What does Jody imagine doing with his imaginary horse?
(a) Being asked by the president to catch a criminal.
(b) Helping the sheriff.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Winning rodeo contests.

13. How does Grandfather react to what he overhears in the kitchen the morning after he arrives?
(a) He laughs it off.
(b) He is hurt a little by it.
(c) He becomes furiously angry.
(d) He pretends he didn't hear anything.

14. What kind of horse does Jody fantasize about having?
(a) He just wants his red pony back.
(b) A stallion.
(c) A little baby colt.
(d) A huge, black horse.

15. What season is it when Chapter 3 opens?
(a) Springtime.
(b) July 4th.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do to try to fix Nellie's problem with the delivery?

2. What does Jody do with his surprise-filled lunchbox when he returns home from school?

3. Who is Mule-tail Buck?

4. How does Jody feel about Grandfather's comment about how much he has grown?

5. Where does Jody offer to meet his grandfather?

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