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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jody know Nellie is going into labor?
(a) She won't let anyone near her.
(b) She is incredibly hungry.
(c) She is having spasms.
(d) She has run out of the barn.

2. What does Jody put in his lunchbox on his way home from school in Chapter 3?
(a) Lots of small animals.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Strange pieces of metal he finds along the roadside.
(d) Beautiful rocks.

3. Who does Billy say must grant permission for anything that is done on the ranch?
(a) Carl.
(b) Jody.
(c) Himself.
(d) Mr. Jessup.

4. What nickname does Jody give to his imaginary horse?
(a) "Black Beauty."
(b) "Black Racer."
(c) "Gabilan."
(d) "Black Demon."

5. Why does Carl lose his temper and make Grandfather leave?
(a) Because he has had it with Grandfather's crazy stories.
(b) Because Grandfather is drunk all of the time.
(c) He doesn't.
(d) Because Grandfather is filling Jody's head with stories.

6. How long does Grandfather say he is planning to stay with the Tiflins?
(a) One month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Two months.

7. Why is Mrs. Tiflin crying at the end of the novel?
(a) She is sad about her father's death.
(b) She wants Jody to stay a little boy forever.
(c) She isn't.
(d) She is tired of her life.

8. Who is the only person to encourage Grandfather's storytelling during his first night at the Tiflins?
(a) Carl.
(b) Mrs. Tiflin.
(c) Billy Buck.
(d) Jody.

9. Why does Grandfather hate the ocean?
(a) He is ignorant and is afraid of so much water.
(b) It stopped him from going farther west.
(c) His wife drowned in the ocean.
(d) He thinks there are evil spirits in it.

10. How does Grandfather react to Jody's invitation to help in the mouse hunt?
(a) He says he'll help but doesn't really do anything.
(b) He lectures Jody about treating all creatures kindly.
(c) He gets very excited.
(d) He declines.

11. What does Mrs. Tiflin claim was the biggest thing in her father's life?
(a) Crossing the plains.
(b) Meeting his wife.
(c) Having her get married.
(d) Serving in the Spanish War.

12. What items are in the mailbox when Jody returns home from school in Chapter 3?
(a) A dead squirrel.
(b) A catalog and a newspaper.
(c) The flute Jody had ordered a few weeks earlier.
(d) A birthday present from Jody's grandmother.

13. What does Grandfather mean by the term "westering"?
(a) Holding on to your past when you should really let it go.
(b) Getting a huge group of people across the country/out West.
(c) Looking too much into the future without understanding how you got into the present.
(d) Learning to read the wind when it blows west.

14. What animals are living under the haystack on the Tiflin ranch?
(a) Racoons.
(b) Cats.
(c) Skunks.
(d) Mice.

15. Who picks up Jody and puts him on a horse for safety?
(a) Billy Buck.
(b) Carl.
(c) Jess Taylor.
(d) Mrs. Tiflin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Grandfather bring up during his first dinner at the Tiflin ranch?

2. How does Jody plan on getting rid of the animals that are living under the haystack on the Tiflin ranch?

3. What time is it when Jody first leaves the barn after the horse's birth?

4. How does Carl react to finding Jody sneaking back into bed after checking on Nellie in the middle of the night?

5. What does Jody do with his surprise-filled lunchbox when he returns home from school?

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