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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 does Jody do after he learns Gitano has died?
(a) His homework.
(b) Shoot more animals.
(c) Goes through his memento box.
(d) Gaze at the mountains.

2. For whom does Billy Buck work?
(a) No one -- he is a wandering worker.
(b) The Tiflin family.
(c) Himself.
(d) The city.

3. How is Jody's character first described?
(a) As loud and obnoxious.
(b) As obedient and shy.
(c) As spoiled and rich.
(d) As very naughty.

4. How can Jody tell the man approaching his house in Chapter 2 is older?
(a) He knows the man and knows that he is old.
(b) He can see his long beard right away.
(c) By the way he walks.
(d) He smells him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Gitano actually stolen from Carl?

2. What color eyes does Jody Tiflin have?

3. How high is the corn when the novel first opens?

4. What season is it when Chapter 2 opens?

5. What does Carl think Gitano has saved him from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jody stop running right before he meets Grandfather along the road?

3. What makes the mountains seem less threatening to Jody?

4. How long does Jody have to go to get to school?

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

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

7. Why does Billy Buck not enter the kitchen before anyone else?

8. What problem does Billy warn Jody about when it comes to Nellie giving birth?

9. What has Carl told Jody about the mountains?

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

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