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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 time does Jody usually come home from school?
2. What is Billy Buck best known for?
3. How old is Jody Tiflin when the novel begins?
4. After Gitano leaves the Tiflin ranch, what does Jody picture him doing?
5. When Carl and Billy first return from being gone when the novel opens, what does Jody smell on their breath?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has Billy been able to gauge Jody's skill with horses?
2. What has Carl told Jody about the mountains?
3. What are the first signs Jody sees in his pony that makes him think he is sick?
4. What country owned the Tiflin ranch when Gitano was born there?
5. Why is Jody pleased to smell brandy on his father's breath when he and Billy Buck return from purchasing the pony?
6. How long have the mice been living under the haystack (at the beginning of Chapter 4)?
7. Why can Jody relate to his Grandfather's hurt feelings when Carl cuts off his storytelling attempts?
8. Why doesn't Carl allow shooting near the house?
9. What must Jody do to keep his pony?
10. What has Jody's mom told him about the mountains?
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
While _The Red Pony_ does not have many characters, the characters it does have are very complex and complicated. Choose one character and discuss 1) why you think this character is the *most* complicated character of the text and 2) what literary devices Steinbeck uses to convey this character's complicated nature to the reader.
Essay Topic 3
Perhaps because of the nature of a cattle ranch, blood makes multiple appearances in _The Red Pony_. Discuss the use of blood in the novel. Is it positive? Negative? What does it represent? Does its symbolism change? How can a reader make sense of blood when it makes an appearance in the text?
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