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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John know his former girlfriend is watching him as he walks away from her?
(a) He sees her reflection in a window.
(b) He turns to look.
(c) She calls out to him.
(d) He does not know.

2. What is the gift his father gives John?
(a) A new horse
(b) A new truck
(c) New boots
(d) A new saddle

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

4. Which direction are John Grady and Rawlins taken after their arrest?
(a) West
(b) North
(c) East
(d) South

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the photograph on John's grandfather's desk?

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

3. Why does John Grady say the horses in the corral are so skittish?

4. What color are the boots Rawlins buys in town?

5. What is the name of the eatery where John and his father share a meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the surgeon say about the scar on John Grady's face?

2. What does Perez say about his ability to control the men in the prison?

3. What does Alfonsa say about the difference between a woman's reputation and that of a man, and what is John Grady's reply?

4. After Blevins loses his horse, the three encounter a work camp. What offer is made by the workmen concerning Blevins?

5. What does John Grady do before he leaves the city of Saltillo?

6. Blevins says that he has run away from home before. What details does he give of his last attempt to run away?

7. What does John Grady say when Rawlins tells him that his father has passed away?

8. What does Alejandra say she learned about her father after she told him that she and John Grady were lovers?

9. What does the Senora say Alejandra promised in return for the Senora arranging John Grady's release? What is John Grady's response?

10. Why does Alejandra say she told her father that she and John Grady were lovers?

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