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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boyd say about the men who killed his parents?
(a) They were Indians.
(b) They called Boyd by name.
(c) They didn't see him hiding in the barn.
(d) They were soldiers.

2. What does Billy borrow from a border guard when he returns to the United States?
(a) A horse.
(b) A half dollar.
(c) A coat.
(d) A hat.

3. What tribe of Indians do Billy and Boyd encounter?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Tarahumara.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Wyandot.

4. What does Billy go off alone to do after some instruction from his father?
(a) Herd the cattle.
(b) Catch some fish.
(c) Hunt small animals.
(d) Run the traps.

5. What does the rancher's wife ask one of the ranch hands to do?
(a) Milk the cows.
(b) Feed the horses.
(c) Wash the dishes.
(d) Mend the wolf's leg wound.

6. Where do Billy and Boyd spend weeks traveling?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Mexico.

7. What does Billy trade for the dead wolf?
(a) His rifle.
(b) His money.
(c) His horse.
(d) His water.

8. Why does Billy's horse react frantically?
(a) She is spooked by gunshots.
(b) She is scard of the thunder.
(c) She can sense a bear nearby.
(d) She doesn't want to be near the wolf.

9. How old is Billy when he encounters the wolf?
(a) 10.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

10. What does Billy not do when setting a trap at the vaqueros' recently abandoned campsite?
(a) Was the trap.
(b) Alert the vaqueros.
(c) Hide the trap.
(d) Hide his scent.

11. Who do Billy and Boyd rescue?
(a) A calf.
(b) A young girl.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) An old man.

12. Where did the German doctor buy a horse?
(a) From some Indians.
(b) A livestock sale.
(c) At an auction.
(d) From a neighbor.

13. What is Billy's horse's name?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Bird.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Theo.

14. Why is Billy aggravated with the dog while on their trip?
(a) He does not alert the boys to danger.
(b) He refuses to eat.
(c) He barks at the wrong times.
(d) He will not keep pace with them.

15. The girl at El Tigre invites Billy in for a meal of __________________.
(a) steak and eggs.
(b) sausage gravy.
(c) beef stew.
(d) tortillas and beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cow drag through the woods?

2. What does Billy say when the man advises the boys to return home?

3. What do the Indians do when they see Billy and Boyd?

4. Where do Billy and Boyd find another man with information about the horses?

5. What does Billy do at the Mexican border?

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