All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, Book 1)
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by Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses Quiz 1

1. Duena Alfonsa is Alejandra's:

  • grandaunt
  • niece
  • great grandmother
  • grandmother

2. The name of Don Hector's ranch is:

  • Encantada
  • La Senorita
  • La Purisima
  • San Angelo

3. John Grady's mother controls the San Angelo ranch because:

  • She bought it from the state
  • She's engaged to Mr. Franklin, the family lawyer
  • She inherited it from her father
  • John Grady's father signed the ranch to her name

4. John Grady goes to see his mother perform in a play in:

  • Dallas
  • San Antonio
  • Houston
  • San Angelo

5. Who pays John Grady's way out of prison?

  • Duena Alfonsa
  • His mother
  • Hector Rocha
  • Emilio Perez

6. How does Alfonsa find out about Alejandra's affair with John Grady?

  • She catches them together in the barn
  • One of her servants sees John Grady on Alejandra's horse
  • She sees them riding in the country
  • She sees Alejandra wearing John Grady's gloves

7. Who gives John Grady the money that he uses to buy the switchblade in prison?

  • Duena Alfonsa
  • Jimmy Blevins
  • Emilio Perez
  • Lacy Rawlins

8. Why does Jimmy Blevins panic when the lightning storm approaches?

  • His horse is easily startled by loud noises
  • He's afraid of thunder
  • His family has a history of getting struck by lightning
  • He is standing next to a tall tree

9. How did Duena Alfonsa lose two fingers on her left hand?

  • As punishment for a crime
  • In a shooting accident
  • As the result of a birth defect
  • In a sewing accident

10. Who tells John Grady that his love for Alejandra is not a matter of 'right and wrong', only a matter of who 'gets to say'?

  • Alejandra
  • Hector
  • Alfonsa
  • Rawlins

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