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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Longhair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the husband of Mrs. Martin St. John as is revealed when she speaks to Father?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Store owner
(c) Doctor
(d) Banker

2. Abel's final memory before leaving for war was his _____________ crying as he did not understand why Abel wanted to go.
(a) Uncle
(b) Grandfather
(c) Mother
(d) Brother

3. What was the name of the great volcanic crater that lay high up on the western slope of the range?
(a) Valle Grande
(b) Rim Grande
(c) Case Grande
(d) Volcanic Lake

4. What does the old man examine when he comes to a stop during his drive of his team of mares?
(a) Car
(b) Trap
(c) Box
(d) Tree

5. Who is Abel's brother, who died many years before the start of the story?
(a) Mariano
(b) Tosamah
(c) Vidal
(d) Francisco

Short Answer Questions

1. When Abel is 17, Francisco gets him to go hunting and the first animal he kills is a ______________.

2. In the lower meadows of the basin of the Valle Grande, the group of men set about capturing __________.

3. When he left, Abel remembered too late to look back in the direction of ___________.

4. Who collapses into Francisco's arms, not even recognizing him as he arrives at the bus station?

5. Because his father was on outsider, Abel, his brother and his mother were considered to be ____________.

(see the answer key)

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