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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Mexican woman gives John Grady and Rawlins a lunch after they leave her home. What do they carry the lunch in?
(a) A bag
(b) A cloth
(c) A bucket
(d) A box

2. What is the name of the hotel where John sees his mother?
(a) The Broadway
(b) The Menger
(c) The Major
(d) The Ritz

3. How long does John Grady say he would like to stay in Mexico working with cattle?
(a) He doesn't say
(b) Until his mother sees reason
(c) A year or so
(d) About a hundred years

4. Why can't the three boys buy water from the caravans they encounter?
(a) The merchants do not have water to spare
(b) They do not have enough money
(c) They do not have any coins small enough
(d) The water is not drinkable

5. What are the three wearing as they cross the Rio Grande?
(a) Boots and underwear
(b) Their hats
(c) Underwear
(d) Jeans and boots

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the three drink at the small store in Reforma?

2. Where does the kid say he is headed when he first encounters John Grady and Rawlins?

3. How many men are in the first group of Mexicans on horseback John Grady, Rawlins and the kid meet on their way across the country?

4. What does Rawlins throw up in the air for the kid to shoot?

5. What is the gift his father gives John?

(see the answer key)

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