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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact about Boyd does Billy tell the girl?
(a) He is illiterate.
(b) He is color blind.
(c) He had a twin sister who died.
(d) He is tone deaf.

2. What does Billy use to chase away the animal?
(a) Pipe.
(b) Pitch fork.
(c) Rifle.
(d) Tree branch.

3. Toward what city does Billy ride after crossing the border?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Deming.
(d) Butte.

4. What do Boyd and the girl do that surprises Billy?
(a) Leave without telling him.
(b) Throw a birthday party for him.
(c) Get married.
(d) Return to the Parham ranch.

5. Where does Billy go after his failed army entry attempts?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) SK Bar ranch.
(d) San Diego.

6. The girl's grandmother claimed that men of __________ are always successful except in times of war.
(a) Valor.
(b) Conquest.
(c) Vision.
(d) Betrayal.

7. What does the woman reply when Billy challenges what she says?
(a) It will definitely come true.
(b) She has never been wrong.
(c) It is up to him what his future will be.
(d) It is only a game.

8. How much money does Billy send to Mr. Sanders after his first payday?
(a) $5.
(b) $20.
(c) $15.
(d) $50.

9. What kind of animal joins Billy as he seeks shelter from the rain?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A deer.
(c) A fox.
(d) A dog.

10. What happens to Boyd as he attempts to round up some of the horses?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is thrown from his horse.
(c) He faints.
(d) He falls into a ravine.

11. Where does Billy get into an altercation with a man soon after entering Mexico?
(a) A stable.
(b) A cantina.
(c) A cattle drive.
(d) A festival.

12. What does the blind man's wife prepare for Billy to eat?
(a) Tacos.
(b) Stew.
(c) Boiled eggs.
(d) Hash.

13. Where do Billy, Boyd, and the young girl stay for awhile?
(a) At their uncle's ranch.
(b) In the desert.
(c) A village of farm workers.
(d) At a convent.

14. Why does the leader of the bandits berate one of his men?
(a) For killing a good horse with no reason.
(b) For desecrating a dead body.
(c) For not taking Billy's rifle.
(d) For stealing from a grieving man.

15. What does the man who had once given the boys permission to take the horses tell Billy?
(a) Boyd was killed in retaliation for killing another man.
(b) Boyd was killed in a barroom brawl.
(c) Boyd committed suicide.
(d) Boyd was hanged for cattle rustling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Billy when he goes to the army recruiting station?

2. What does the doctor's servant return to the farm where the Parham boys are staying the next day?

3. What does the man in charge of the herd of horses give to Billy?

4. What does Billy do with Boyd's body when he finds it?

5. What drink does the Mexican man refuse to drink?

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