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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. Why does Jody initially invite Gitano down to the barn?
2. Who is Smasher?
3. Why does Gitano eventually make Jody leave his lodgings for the night?
4. Who is Easter?
5. How does Jody kill the animal that he kills for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jody go to visit Nellie every day after he brings her back from Jess's ranch?
2. What kind of interaction do Nellie and the stallion have when they first meet?
3. When Jody first spots Gitano coming down the road, where does he appear to be coming from?
4. What are the first signs Jody sees in his pony that makes him think he is sick?
5. How long have the mice been living under the haystack (at the beginning of Chapter 4)?
6. Why is Carl so mad when he first learns of Grandfather's plans to visit the Tiflins?
7. What kinds of animals does Jody put in his lunchbox on his way home from school in Chapter 3?
8. What has Billy Buck told Jody about the mountains?
9. What does Carl say to Gitano about what should happen to old things?
10. Why does Jody stop running right before he meets Grandfather along the road?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Was it fair for Billy Buck to continue to encourage Jody about his pony's health, even as the pony continued to get sicker and sicker? Present three reasons why this was or was not appropriate for Billy Buck to do, making sure to use quotations from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
A sense of place is very much a part of _The Red Pony_. In a well-structured essay, discuss at least three ways that the setting of _The Red Pony_ plays into the novel in a way that another, different setting could not have done.
Essay Topic 3
Much of Jody's energy in Chapter 4 is focused on asking questions of his grandfather about his past and his past adventures. Discuss why Steinbeck focuses so much on this and what it shows about Jody's character as the novel reaches its conclusion. Make sure to use quotations from the text to support your positions.
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