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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Billy say it takes for a colt to be born?

2. What does Jody put in his lunchbox on his way home from school in Chapter 3?

3. What kind of horse does Jody fantasize about having?

4. Where does Jody offer to meet his grandfather?

5. How do the other horses react when Nellie is supposedly giving birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Male characters' displays of emotion take quite a variety of forms throughout _The Red Pony_. Choose three specific instances of when one male character has shown (or not shown) emotion and what the reader learns about that character as a result of how they behave emotionally.

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

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.

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