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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Rawlins, John Grady and the other young boy from the ranch share before going into the dance?
(a) Gum and liquor
(b) Liquor
(c) Gum
(d) A steak

2. What is the name of the man who travels to America to pick up Don Hector's new thoroughbred?
(a) Armando
(b) Roberto
(c) Antonio
(d) Pico

3. Which horse is John Grady riding when he beats Rawlins in their impromptu race on the day they go into town?
(a) Rawlins' horse
(b) Blevins' horse
(c) Both
(d) His own horse

4. Where has John's Mama gone?
(a) San Francisco
(b) St. Augustine
(c) San Antonio
(d) St. Louis

5. What was Duena Alfonsa's profession as a young woman?
(a) School teacher
(b) Chess teacher
(c) Bookkeepter
(d) House wife

6. What is used as lighting at the dance John Grady and Rawlins attend?
(a) Candles
(b) Light bulbs covered by painted paper bags
(c) Bare light bulbs
(d) Moonlight

7. Where are John and Rawlins headed?
(a) San Antonio
(b) San Angelo
(c) Santa Fe
(d) Mexico

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

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

10. How many horses do John Grady and Rawlins bring from the mountains on what would be their final trip before their arrest?
(a) Nine
(b) Eleven
(c) Eighteen
(d) Seven

11. What does John Grady rub over the horse before putting the saddle on it?
(a) A sack
(b) His shirt
(c) A rope
(d) A blanket

12. Where does Don Hector Rocha y Villareal's wife live?
(a) With her mother at the ranch next door
(b) In a suite in the ranch house
(c) Mexico City
(d) In Santa Fe

13. Where does Blevins wait out the thunderstorm?
(a) Under the roots of a tree
(b) Under the edge of a rock overhand
(c) In a cave
(d) Under teh wide limbs of a tree

14. What is it that John Grady and Rawlins talk about for a time on the night of their second trip away from the Ranch?
(a) Whether anyone was looking for them
(b) Lineage of horses
(c) How much longer they should remain
(d) Alejandra

15. Where do the boys next see Blevins' pistol?
(a) In the front seat of a car
(b) In the saddlebags of his horse
(c) In a man's back pocket
(d) On the ground

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of furniture is described in some detail as being in the hallway of the ranch house?

2. What color is the plane flown by the owner of the ranch in Mexico where John Grady works?

3. How many friends are with Hector Rocha y Villareal the morning after John Grady and Rawlins arrive?

4. How do Rawlins and John Grady cook the first rabbit they kill on their trip?

5. What does Antonio call the new stud horse?

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