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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jody feel when Carl and Billy are taking him out to show him his pony for the first time?
(a) Mad because he wanted a bike instead.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry at having to get up so early.
(d) Nervous.

2. Whose ranch has Jody been told to take Nellie to?
(a) No one's.
(b) Jess Taylor's.
(c) Billy Buck's.
(d) A stranger's.

3. Where did Carl get the pony from?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) He never says.
(c) A sheriff's auction.
(d) He found him.

4. How does Billy know there is a problem with Nellie's pregnancy?
(a) Nellie is acting funny.
(b) Nellie is too big for a regular pregnant horse.
(c) He had a dream about something being wrong.
(d) He can feel the colt inside.

5. What does Carl think Gitano has saved him from?
(a) The plague.
(b) A week's worth of unwanted houseguests.
(c) Dealing with Easter when he dies.
(d) Bad luck.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jody get to school?

2. What role does Mrs. Tiflin play in the horse's birth?

3. How does Jody dispose of the body of the animal he kills when Chapter 2 opens?

4. When the novel opens, what are Carl and Billy going to do?

5. What is a common breakfast in the Tiflin household?

(see the answer key)

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