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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following items does John Grady not retrieve from his house after Magdalena's death?
(a) Money.
(b) A hunting knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A slicker.

2. Where does John Grady tell Billy he didn't want to go to if Magdalena wouldn't be there?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Home.
(d) The hospital.

3. What does Billy teach the children of a family he begins to stay with to do at the very end of the book?
(a) Cook.
(b) Milk a cow.
(c) Rope a cow.
(d) Ride a horse.

4. What state does Billy travel to at the very end of the book?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Mexico.

5. Who confronts Magdalena about whether or not John Grady knows she is sick in Chapter 3?
(a) Mac.
(b) Billy.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Tiburcio.

6. Who talks about his short lived marriage with John Grady in Chapter 3?
(a) Mac.
(b) Tiburcio.
(c) Oren.
(d) Pedro.

7. What fatal wound does Magdalena suffer in the book?
(a) She is shot in the head.
(b) She is strangled.
(c) She is stabbed in the chest.
(d) Her throat is slit.

8. In the Epilogue, where does Billy sleep when he has a dream?
(a) Mac's house.
(b) An underpass.
(c) A hotel.
(d) His house.

9. What is the term used for the woman who is paid to take care of the girls at the White Lake?
(a) A triste.
(b) A noche.
(c) A criada.
(d) A pieta.

10. Who does Mac say is about to commandeer his land in the Epilogue?
(a) The government.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Army.
(d) Mexicans.

11. What does Mac give John Grady as a wedding gift for Magdalena?
(a) Some money.
(b) His late wife's wedding ring.
(c) A watch.
(d) A horse.

12. What do the cowboys conclude has been killing on their ranch and must be stopped in Chapter 3?
(a) Bears.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Wild dogs.
(d) Mountain lions.

13. What do the cowboys find has been getting killed in Chapter 3?
(a) Children.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Horses.

14. Where is John Grady's second severe cut at on his body during his knife fight with Eduardo?
(a) His neck.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His chest.
(d) His leg.

15. Who does John Grady ask why they never got married in Chapter 3?
(a) Billy.
(b) Mr. Johnson.
(c) Troy.
(d) Mac.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the cowboys tie ropes around the necks of the animals responsible for killing on their ranch in Chapter 3?

2. Who does Magdalena find waiting for her after getting into a car she believed was sent by John Grady in Chapter 3?

3. Which of the following words would not describe Billy when the book fast-forwards in the Epilogue?

4. What do the cowboys use to track the animals that were killing on their ranch in Chapter 3?

5. What happens to an animal two cowboys catch with separate ropes in Chapter 3?

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