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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. How high is the corn when the novel first opens?
2. Who is Doubletree Mutt?
3. What kind of shoes does Jody Tiflin wear in late summer?
4. After Gitano leaves the Tiflin ranch, what does Jody picture him doing?
5. Who is Smasher?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the first signs Jody sees in his pony that makes him think he is sick?
2. How will Jody pay back his father for the $5 it will take to breed Nellie with a stallion?
3. What has Carl told Jody about the mountains?
4. What has Billy Buck told Jody about the mountains?
5. What has Billy told Carl about Jody's skill with horses?
6. What kind of catalog gets Jody so excited when he finds it in his mailbox?
7. How does Mrs. Tiflin feel about Gitano staying at the ranch?
8. How long have the mice been living under the haystack (at the beginning of Chapter 4)?
9. What signals to Jody that Billy Buck and Carl have something unusual planned on the day he is given his pony?
10. What features of Gabilan is Jody most proud of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the conclusion of the novel, making sure to discuss how Steinbeck concludes (or doesn't conclude) at least two themes of the novel and what he implies will happen to at least 2 characters in the future.
Essay Topic 2
Jody spends a lot of time alone on the ranch. Choosing three specific instances where Jody is spending time alone, discuss what each instance shows the reader about Jody's personality (through what Jody chooses to do -- or not to do -- while spending time with himself).
Essay Topic 3
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.
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