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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of contests does Billy Buck win on Easter?
(a) Racing.
(b) Rodeo.
(c) Jousting.
(d) Showmanship.

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

3. How does Jody prepare for riding his pony once it is ready?
(a) He rides a sawhorse.
(b) He practices with pillows when no one is looking.
(c) He rides the other horses.
(d) He rides a horse with his dad.

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

5. What does Gitano eat for breakfast the day after he arrives at the Tiflin ranch?
(a) Biscuits only.
(b) Nothing; he doesn't appear for breakfast.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Bacon and eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jody feel about the Gabilan mountains when Chapter 2 opens?

2. Who does Jess Taylor say he saw riding Easter?

3. How does Jody's father react when he meets Gitano for the first time?

4. Who is Smasher?

5. How many healthy horses do Gitano and Jody watch at the watering trough?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of animals does Jody put in his lunchbox on his way home from school in Chapter 3?

2. How will Jody pay back his father for the $5 it will take to breed Nellie with a stallion?

3. What does Carl mean when he calls Jody "Big-Britches"?

4. Why does Carl ask Gitano if he has relatives anywhere nearby?

5. While Jody's mother often finds his hands to be dirty, why doesn't she make him wash them?

6. Why is Carl so mad when he first learns of Grandfather's plans to visit the Tiflins?

7. What kind of catalog gets Jody so excited when he finds it in his mailbox?

8. What must Jody do to keep his pony?

9. According to Jody, how does Gabilan express himself?

10. Why does Jody hide the bird he kills when Chapter 2 opens?

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