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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grandfather accept Jody's offer for a drink when they are sitting on the porch discussing "westering"?
(a) Because Jody offers him his favorite drink.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) Because he is thirsty.
(d) Because he sees Jody's face and wants to be polite.

2. Why has Jody been told to take Nellie to someone else's ranch?
(a) To see if any of the neighbors would want to buy her.
(b) To breed her.
(c) To see how much she would get at auction.
(d) He hasn't been told to take her anywhere.

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

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

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

6. What items are in the mailbox when Jody returns home from school in Chapter 3?
(a) A dead squirrel.
(b) A catalog and a newspaper.
(c) The flute Jody had ordered a few weeks earlier.
(d) A birthday present from Jody's grandmother.

7. When Jody is worried about Nellie, what does Carl tell Jody about Billy?
(a) That he's the best horseman around.
(b) That Billy will be fired if anything happens to the horse.
(c) That they can't afford anyone better than Billy so Jody better pray to help things out.
(d) That Billy is paid well and works hard for his money.

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

9. Why does Grandfather hate the ocean?
(a) It stopped him from going farther west.
(b) He is ignorant and is afraid of so much water.
(c) He thinks there are evil spirits in it.
(d) His wife drowned in the ocean.

10. Where does everyone sit after dinner when Grandfather is first visiting?
(a) Outside on the porch.
(b) In front of the fireplace.
(c) In Jody's room to help him fall asleep.
(d) In a very old tree on the property.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grandfather think Jody wants to listen to his stories so much?

2. When Jody wakes up crying in Chapter 3, what does his mother say to calm him down?

3. How does Grandfather react to Jody's invitation to help in the mouse hunt?

4. What role does Mrs. Tiflin play in the horse's birth?

5. What time is it when Jody first leaves the barn after the horse's birth?

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