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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing the Captain asks Rawlins?
(a) For his passport
(b) For his confession
(c) For information about Blevins
(d) For the location of stolen horses

2. How many days do John Grady and Rawlins travel as captives?
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Two

3. Where is the man hiding when he shoots John Grady?
(a) Behind Blevins' horse
(b) On a roof
(c) Behind a door
(d) Behind a pickup

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

5. What color is the table in Perez's room?
(a) Blue
(b) Black
(c) Green
(d) Brown

6. Who carries John Grady out of the prison yard after the fight?
(a) A guard
(b) Rawlins
(c) Perez
(d) Perez's man

7. What does the Captain use as a sling for his injury?
(a) A rope
(b) A shirt
(c) A belt
(d) A bandana

8. For what city does Rawlins buy a bus ticket?
(a) San Angelo
(b) Nuevo Laredo
(c) Mexico City
(d) El Paso

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

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

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

12. Where does Rawlins say he wants to go next?
(a) To see Alejandra
(b) Home
(c) Wherever John Grady goes
(d) To find work at another ranch

13. What does John Grady have for dinner with the Reverend and Mrs. Blevins?
(a) Chicken soup
(b) Chicken and dressing
(c) Chicken and dumplins
(d) Chicken and rice

14. How long had Abuela worked for John Grady's family?
(a) Fifteen years
(b) Fifty years
(c) Fifty-five years
(d) Fourty-five years

15. Who is the first of the three to be taken to the Captain for questioning the day after John Grady and Rawlins' arrival?
(a) Rawlins
(b) Blevins
(c) All three
(d) John Grady

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Perez say he chooses to remain in prison?

2. What do the men take when they catch up with John Grady and the Captain?

3. Where is John Grady shot?

4. Where does John Grady sleep his first night on the road?

5. What does Reverend Jimmy Blevins' wife think John Henry wants from her husband?

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