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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 does Jody prepare for riding his pony once it is ready?
2. What time does Jody usually come home from school?
3. Who cooks dinner the day Gitano arrives on the Tiflin ranch?
4. When does Billy Buck get up?
5. What does Gitano eat for breakfast the day after he arrives at the Tiflin ranch?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Chapter 3 opens, what does Jody imagine he is leading on his way home from school?
2. What has Jody's mom told him about the mountains?
3. What has Carl told Jody about the mountains?
4. Why is Jody pleased to smell brandy on his father's breath when he and Billy Buck return from purchasing the pony?
5. How will Jody pay back his father for the $5 it will take to breed Nellie with a stallion?
6. What does Carl say to Gitano about what should happen to old things?
7. Why can Jody relate to his Grandfather's hurt feelings when Carl cuts off his storytelling attempts?
8. Why does the stallion break his rope when he sees and smells Nellie for the first time?
9. When Jody first spots Gitano coming down the road, where does he appear to be coming from?
10. Why doesn't Carl allow shooting near the house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
A theme throughout _The Red Pony_ is Jody's transition from boyhood to manhood. Choose one particular moment when you think this transition officially happens, making sure to use quotations from the text to support your position.
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