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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Alejandra attend school?
2. About what habit does John fuss at his father?
3. What does John Grady say about the smell of the first horse he catches?
4. 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?
5. What kind of horse is ridden by the young girl John Grady and Rawlins see on their way to the ranch for the first time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What bet does John Henry make while he and Rawlins are waiting to go to prison?
2. What does Alfonsa say about the difference between a woman's reputation and that of a man, and what is John Grady's reply?
3. Why do John Grady and Rawlins say that the kid cannot ride with them?
4. It is noted that John's grandfather has the distinction of being the first to die in a particular way. What was that way?
5. What infirmity does Alfonsa have and what does she say about scars?
6. What is the Senora's response when John Grady asks if she thinks he's a criminal?
7. What does John Grady say to the horse as he rides the animal cross country from the ranch?
8. Why does John Grady say he does not think about Alejandra while he is recovering from his knife wounds?
9. What is the Senora's response when John Grady says that he intends to see Alejandra?
10. Why does the judge say he believes John Grady's story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is it that drives John Grady to set out to break the sixteen wild horses on Don Hector's ranch? Does he prove what he set out to do? Is this a natural part of John Grady's makeup?
Essay Topic 2
What is the Captain's reasons for arranging the murder of Blevins? How does he use that as an example to John Grady and Rawlins?
Essay Topic 3
Though John Grady seems the obvious leader, there are some instances in which Rawlins makes demands or takes the lead. List at least two, including their significance.
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