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

2. How does Jody kill the animal that he kills for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?
(a) With a slingshot.
(b) He makes his dog go attack it.
(c) With his hands.
(d) With his gun.

3. Where does Gitano claim to have relatives?
(a) In New Mexico.
(b) In Mexico.
(c) In Monterey.
(d) In California.

4. What is the "carrion" that Jody mentions the buzzards are helpful with?
(a) Leftover crops.
(b) Poisonous buzzards.
(c) Seeds that need to be spread.
(d) Dead flesh.

5. What would Billy Buck like to do with Easter?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Sell him.
(c) Just let him relax and be.
(d) Work him until he dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gitano eventually make Jody leave his lodgings for the night?

2. What does Billy suggest Jody name the pony?

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

4. How is Jody's character first described?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandfather respond to seeing Jody for the first time?

2. Why does Jody stop running right before he meets Grandfather along the road?

3. What features of Gabilan is Jody most proud of?

4. After he is given the pony, when does Jody begin waking up in the morning?

5. What is Grandfather's opinion of Billy?

6. How does Mrs. Tiflin defend Jody from his father's accusation that he is a "Big-Britches"?

7. Why does Jody go to visit Nellie every day after he brings her back from Jess's ranch?

8. What does Gitano tell Jody and his mother the first time he meets them?

9. How long does Jody have to go to get to school?

10. What has Billy Buck told Jody about the mountains?

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