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

All the Pretty Horses Quiz 2

1. Why does Alejandra confess her affair with John Grady to her father?

  • because she wants her father to give his blessing to their marriage
  • because she is secretly plotting against the American
  • because she wants her father to die in a confrontation with John Grady
  • because Duena Alfonsa already knows

2. Fill in the blanks: When the three Americans split up, ________ and ________ head towards the country; _______________ storms up the path from Encantada to evade the pursuing riders.

  • The three Americans do not split up
  • Rawlins and John Grady; Blevins
  • Rawlins and Blevins; John Grady
  • John Grady and Blevins; Rawlins

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