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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Billy encounter later in the day and join for a meal?
(a) School friends.
(b) Bandits.
(c) Vaqueros.
(d) Homesteaders.

3. What does Billy say when the man advises the boys to return home?
(a) They want to avenge their parents' murders first.
(b) They don't have a home to return to.
(c) They're not going without the horses.
(d) They think that is a good idea.

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

5. What does the cow drag through the woods?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Saddle.
(c) Boyd.
(d) Trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men on the other side of the river ask Billy for?

2. Which Parham family members have already died by the time the family moves?

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

4. What does Billy do at the Mexican border?

5. What is Billy's immediate reaction upon seeing the wolf?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billy manage to survive after he buries the wolf?

2. How does Billy provide food and water for the wolf on the trip?

3. How much of Billy's decision not to return home is a conscious decision?

4. How does Billy choose to go to Mexico instead of returning home?

5. What has made the wolf leave her home in Mexico to roam in the United States?

6. What role does the dog play in the story and what does it come to symbolize?

7. Why does Billy set a wolf trap in the vaqueros' smoldering campfire?

8. What does Billy find when he returns home?

9. What happens when the wolf gets free of her muzzle?

10. Where does Billy stop with the wolf on the way to Mexico and what care is provided for them?

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