All the Pretty Horses Quizzes

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