3. What role does Mrs. Tiflin play in the horse's birth?
(a) None; she is sleeping.
(b) She helps comfort Nellie.
(c) She helps comfort Jody.
(d) She helps comfort the newborn calf.

4. What does Jody tell Grandfather has happened to Riley?
(a) He was smothered by a haystack.
(b) He was suspended from school for using bad words.
(c) He was eaten by a coyote.
(d) He shed his skin for the first time.

5. What is the colt born in?
(a) The placenta.
(b) The colt is never born, actually.
(c) A twisted mess of pus.
(d) A strange tumor of some kind.

6. Why does Billy Buck respect Grandfather so much?
(a) Because he feels they are kindred spirits.
(b) Because he is an elder.
(c) Because Grandfather saved his life once.
(d) Because he is the owner of the property.

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

8. Why is Jody so worried about Nellie?
(a) Carl will beat him if anything happens to the horse.
(b) He just worries about everything anyway.
(c) She is acting very strangely.
(d) He doesn't want her to die like his pony did.

9. Where does Jody offer to meet his grandfather?
(a) Out on the road.
(b) At the front door with his sailor suit on.
(c) At the bus station.
(d) At the train station.

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

11. What time is it when Jody first leaves the barn after the horse's birth?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Mid-afternoon.

12. What reason does Mrs. Tiflin give about why it takes Grandfather so long to rise in the morning?
(a) Because he dresses with care.
(b) Because he moves slower as a result of his old age.
(c) Because he feels unwelcome in their house.
(d) Because he is lazy.

13. Who is Mule-tail Buck?
(a) Billy Buck's father.
(b) The Tiflin's neighbor.
(c) Grandfather's traveling companion.
(d) Grandfather's best friend.

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

15. What does Billy do to try to fix Nellie's problem with the delivery?
(a) Pray.
(b) Get help from the neighbors.
(c) Drug Nellie.
(d) Turn the colt around inside.