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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl think Gitano has stolen from him?

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

3. How does Carl react to the confirmation that Gitano is with Easter?

4. What color skin does Gitano have?

5. What time does Jody usually come home from school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Carl told Jody about the mountains?

3. Who really teaches Jody how to get ready to ride his pony?

4. What does Carl mean when he calls Jody "Big-Britches"?

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

6. What familiar story does Grandfather start to tell around the fire on his first night with the Tiflins?

7. What kind of weather are Jody and Billy discussing at the opening of Chapter 4?

8. What kind of interaction do Nellie and the stallion have when they first meet?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Jody kills one of the buzzards when he sees it eating his dead pony. Why does he respond in this particular way? What does it symbolize? What does it show the reader about Jody?

Essay Topic 2

Animals play a key role in many aspects of _The Red Pony_. Choose one animal, discuss its function in the novel as well as what this animal traditionally symbolizes or represents in the literary canon.

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is very much a part of _The Red Pony_. Choose three instances of foreshadowing from anywhere in the text and discuss what each instance will come to mean.

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