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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 Billy often perform at local rodeos?
(a) He is too old - he usually just judges.
(b) About average.
(c) Terribly.
(d) Very well - he often wins first place.

2. Who is Jess Taylor?
(a) Another stranger who appears at the house.
(b) Gitano's son.
(c) A neighbor of the Tiflins.
(d) Jody's brother.

3. How does Jody feel after Gitano leaves?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

4. What does Billy suggest Jody name the pony?
(a) Red.
(b) Uni, since he looks like a unicorn.
(c) Billy.
(d) Gabilan.

5. Where does Gitano claim to have relatives?
(a) In California.
(b) In New Mexico.
(c) In Mexico.
(d) In Monterey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jody do after he learns Gitano has died?

2. Who is Billy Buck?

3. Where does Jody sleep while his pony is sick?

4. When Carl and Billy first return from being gone when the novel opens, what does Jody smell on their breath?

5. Why does Jody initially invite Gitano down to the barn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Jody let his friends ride his new pony when he shows it to them for the first time?

2. How does Mrs. Tiflin request Carl treat her father once he arrives?

3. What does Jody mean when he says his mouth "works"?

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

5. What has Jody's mom told him about the mountains?

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

7. How does Mrs. Tiflin defend Jody from his father's accusation that he is a "Big-Britches"?

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

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

10. How does Grandfather respond to seeing Jody for the first time?

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