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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. Where is the infected lump located on the pony?
(a) Its chest.
(b) Its ear.
(c) Its leg.
(d) Its jaw.

2. Where did Carl get the pony from?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) He never says.
(c) A sheriff's auction.
(d) He found him.

3. Who cooks dinner the day Gitano arrives on the Tiflin ranch?
(a) Mrs. Tiflin.
(b) Jody.
(c) Gitano's wife.
(d) Gitano.

4. What does Carl think Gitano has stolen from him?
(a) Old family heirlooms.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Money.
(d) Guns.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Gitano eventually make Jody leave his lodgings for the night?

3. What kind of gun does Jody have?

4. How is Carl's character first described?

5. Why is Jody so concerned about the rain and his pony?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the stallion break his rope when he sees and smells Nellie for the first time?

3. Why is Jody pleased to smell brandy on his father's breath when he and Billy Buck return from purchasing the pony?

4. What lie does Jody tell when Carl asks him where he's been, when he's really been talking with Gitano late at night?

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

6. What does Gitano tell Jody and his mother the first time he meets them?

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

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

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

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

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