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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Jody feel the way he does after Gitano leaves?
2. How does Jody kill the animal that he kills for the first time when Chapter 2 opens?
3. How does Jody feel after Gitano leaves?
4. After Gitano leaves the Tiflin ranch, what does Jody picture him doing?
5. What kind of shoes does Jody Tiflin wear in late summer?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Nellie break her rope when Jody is leading her to the neighbor's house?
2. What familiar story does Grandfather start to tell around the fire on his first night with the Tiflins?
3. What does Carl joke would be needed for Gitano to be put out to pasture?
4. Why is Carl so mad when he first learns of Grandfather's plans to visit the Tiflins?
5. What has Billy told Carl about Jody's skill with horses?
6. What does Carl mean when he calls Jody "Big-Britches"?
7. After he is given the pony, when does Jody begin waking up in the morning?
8. Why does Jody stop running right before he meets Grandfather along the road?
9. How will Jody pay back his father for the $5 it will take to breed Nellie with a stallion?
10. What signals to Jody that Billy Buck and Carl have something unusual planned on the day he is given his pony?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perhaps because of the nature of a cattle ranch, blood makes multiple appearances in _The Red Pony_. Discuss the use of blood in the novel. Is it positive? Negative? What does it represent? Does its symbolism change? How can a reader make sense of blood when it makes an appearance in the text?
Essay Topic 2
While _The Red Pony_ does not have many characters, the characters it does have are very complex and complicated. Choose one character and discuss 1) why you think this character is the *most* complicated character of the text and 2) what literary devices Steinbeck uses to convey this character's complicated nature to the reader.
Essay Topic 3
A theme throughout _The Red Pony_ is Jody's transition from boyhood to manhood. Choose one particular moment when you think this transition officially happens, making sure to use quotations from the text to support your position.
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