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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blevins pull from his boot and give John Grady and Rawlins just before he is killed?

2. Where is John Grady shot?

3. John Grady passes up the offer of a bed one night and sleeps in a grove of trees. What is in the road the following morning?

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

5. Where do John Grady and Rawlins discover Blevins worked after they parted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Perez say about the differences between Mexican and American ideas of good and evil? Compare that to general opinions about races and the stigmas associated with good and evil.

Essay Topic 2

What is it that makes John Grady go to Mexico in the first place? What is the effect of this situation over him as he ages?

Essay Topic 3

What is the Senora's attitude regarding fate? How does that compare to your own attitude on fate?

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