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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men take when they catch up with John Grady and the Captain?
(a) Cash and a gun
(b) The Captain and a horse
(c) Only the Captain
(d) A horse and a blanket

2. How long does it take John Grady to tell the judge his story about how he came to have Blevins' horse?
(a) Almost an hour
(b) Just over an hour
(c) Most of the afternoon
(d) Almost half an hour

3. What time is John Grady told to return for a meeting with the Senora?
(a) Noon
(b) Ten that evening
(c) Nine o'clock
(d) Ten the next morning

4. What does John Grady confess to the judge after the hearing is over?
(a) That the horse really is not his
(b) That he killed a boy while in prison
(c) That he wants to go home
(d) That he is a runaway

5. How many guards travel with John Grady, Rawlins and Blevins?
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Two

6. What is the first thing John Grady buys when he reaches La Vega?
(a) Clothes
(b) Dinner
(c) A Coca-Cola
(d) A horse

7. How are men judged within the prison hierarchy?
(a) Their possessions
(b) Their ability to withstand torture
(c) Their willingness to kill
(d) The level of their guilt

8. When Rawlins says they are in prison over a horse, what is John Grady's reply?
(a) That he'd do it again
(b) That the horse had nothing to do with it
(c) That they're better off than Blevins
(d) He says Rawlins is right

9. What refreshment are John Grady, Rawlins and Blevins given when they stop in Ocampo?
(a) Cider
(b) Lemonade
(c) Orange soda water
(d) Water

10. What does the Captain tell John Grady they know about Rawlins from his confession?
(a) That he is a criminal named Smith
(b) That he shot several men along with Blevins
(c) That he told John Henry's role in his crimes
(d) That he helped steal horses

11. What advice are John Grady and Rawlins given upon arriving in the tiny hut where they are held prisoner?
(a) Don't yell for help
(b) Don't go to sleep
(c) Don't step in the bucket
(d) Don't fight the guards

12. What color is the envelope John Grady is given as he prepares to leave the ranch?
(a) Blue
(b) Cream
(c) Rose
(d) White

13. What is the first real meal John Grady is given after his injury from the knife fight?
(a) Chicken and applesauce
(b) Beef, beans and pears
(c) Chicken, rice and pears
(d) Chicken and beans

14. How many farm workers are picked up near Paredon?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Sixteen
(d) Fifteen

15. What do John Grady and Rawlins eat their first lunchtime of captivity?
(a) Beans and tortillas
(b) Beans and cornbread
(c) Goat mean and tortillas
(d) Sandwiches

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man hiding when he shoots John Grady?

2. Where does John Grady discover the Senora is going to be gone the entire day he arrives back at the ranch?

3. For what city does Rawlins buy a bus ticket?

4. What excuse does Alejandra say she'll give in order that she can leave to meet John Grady a day ahead of her planned arrival at the ranch?

5. What decision does John Grady make as he prepares to leave Mexico?

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