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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 does Carl react to the confirmation that Gitano is with Easter?
(a) He doesn't care one way or the other.
(b) He sets up a search party.
(c) He gets furiously angry.
(d) He laughs.

2. What is a common breakfast in the Tiflin household?
(a) Eggs, bacon, and biscuits.
(b) None -- they are very poor.
(c) Fresh turkey sandwiches.
(d) Oatmeal.

3. What kind of horse was Easter when he was younger?
(a) Beautiful and strong.
(b) Expensive but worthless.
(c) Stubborn and strong-willed.
(d) Lazy and annoying.

4. Why is Jody so concerned about the rain and his pony?
(a) He thinks it is bad for horses to get wet.
(b) He hates the way wet horses smell.
(c) He doesn't want his pony to get spooked.
(d) He knows his horse hates rain.

5. How does Gitano leave his first dinner with the Tiflins?
(a) Grateful and thankful.
(b) Drunk.
(c) He falls asleep at the dinner table.
(d) Without a word.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Billy Buck like to do with Easter?

2. What is the Gitano carrying when he first arrives at the Tiflin ranch?

3. Where is the infected lump located on the pony?

4. How do the cow-pumpkins look when the novel first opens?

5. What does Jess Taylor report the horse rider was carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jody react when he realizes he has killed a bird for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?

2. What does Carl joke would be needed for Gitano to be put out to pasture?

3. Why does Jody go to visit Nellie every day after he brings her back from Jess's ranch?

4. Why does everyone on the ranch eat such a hearty breakfast?

5. What has Billy told Carl about Jody's skill with horses?

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

7. What does Grandfather say about how dry it was in '87 and '61?

8. What country owned the Tiflin ranch when Gitano was born there?

9. What must Jody do to keep his pony?

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

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