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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Billy Buck best known for?
(a) His skill with horses.
(b) His fiery sermons.
(c) His fair banking practices.
(d) His ability to make crops grow.

2. 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) Nervous.
(c) Angry at having to get up so early.
(d) Excited.

3. How does Jody's mom feel about his dedication to the red pony?
(a) She is angry that it keeps him from his chores.
(b) She is angry that it keeps him from school.
(c) She doesn't really care one way or the other.
(d) She is proud.

4. Where does Jody get drinks of water from while walking around the ranch?
(a) He has to go back to the kitchen.
(b) A river on their property.
(c) A Thermos he always carries with him.
(d) A pipe outlet from a cold spring.

5. What does the pony's name mean?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Friend.
(c) Rock.
(d) Strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Billy Buck first go into the ranch house every day?

2. How high is the corn when the novel first opens?

3. How is Jody's character first described?

4. Who is Smasher?

5. What color hair does Jody Tiflin have?

(see the answer key)

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