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

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

4. How many healthy horses do Gitano and Jody watch at the watering trough?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

5. As Jody's pony gets sicker, what life-saving procedure must Billy do to keep it alive?
(a) Cut a hole in its windpipe.
(b) Give it alcohol to keep it calm.
(c) Keep it drugged.
(d) Amputate its leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Smasher?

2. Who is Billy Buck?

3. What does Mrs. Tiflin say after Gitano leaves?

4. How does Jody get to school?

5. What color eyes does Jody Tiflin have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Carl told Jody about the mountains?

2. What does Jody realize that Carl is trying to do to Gitano through the way he is speaking with him?

3. Why doesn't Carl allow shooting near the house?

4. What has Billy Buck told Jody about the mountains?

5. What, according to Billy, makes him "half horse"?

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

7. What does Grandfather wisely say about reacting to unkind words?

8. How does Mrs. Tiflin feel about Gitano staying at the ranch?

9. What is Grandfather's opinion of Billy?

10. How long have the mice been living under the haystack (at the beginning of Chapter 4)?

(see the answer keys)

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