Worksheets"All the Pretty Horses" pages 1-30
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the occasion at the outset of the book, and what does it mean to John Grady?
a)
His grandfather's funeral which means the loss of the ranch that has defined him.
b)
His grandfather's funeral which means nothing to him because he hated the old man.
c)
His parents' divorce and it means he'll have to pick sides.
d)
His HS graduation and it means that he'll finally be able to run the ranch.
2.
After his grandfather's funeral, John Grady Cole rides along an old trail, dismounts at the crest of a rise, and stands "like a man come to the end of something" [5]. What has John Grady come to the end of?
a)
The end of his life on the ranch.
b)
The end of the trail.
c)
The end of his relationship with Mary Catherine.
d)
The end of the world.
3.
Why does John Grady's grandfather reflect upon primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born son) (7)?
a)
He was the oldest of eight boys.
b)
He inherited the whole 18,000 acre ranch.
c)
He had no son to inherit the ranch.
d)
All of his brothers died before they were 25.
4.
How would you characterize John Grady's relationship with his father? What do their conversations consist of (8-9)?
a)
Affectionate and teasing. They talk about food.
b)
Loving and chatty. They talk about everything.
c)
Respectful but distant. They talk about his mother and horses.
d)
Abusive and direct. They talk about expectations.
5.
What do we know about John Grady's father?
a)
Very ill: thin, coughing, hurting.
b)
Prisoner of War in WW2
c)
Loves horses, like John Grady
d)
All of the above
6.
What do we know about John Grady's mother?
a)
She is an actress in San Antonio.
b)
She loves the ranch.
c)
She calls John Grady "guapo".
d)
All of the above.
7.
What does John Grady expect to find out when he watches his mother perform on stage? In contrast, what does he learn?
a)
A truth about the way the world works, but he finds nothing in it at all.
b)
Why she chooses the city over the ranch, but she promises to come home soon.
c)
What she likes about acting, but he doesn't get it.
d)
A chance to learn who she is, but he just sees movement.
8.
What does John Grady talk to Mr. Franklin about?
a)
How to save the ranch.
b)
How to sell the ranch.
c)
Changing his grandfather's will.
d)
Getting into college.
9.
". . .as if were he begot by malice or mischance into some queer land where horses never were he would have found them anyway." [23] What does this mean? What is the author implying about John Grady?
a)
John Grady finds horses malicious and queer.
b)
John Grady was born for horses and would have found them, no matter where he was born.
c)
John Grady was born by mistake, in anger.
d)
John Grady was born in the wrong time, wrong place to love horses so much.
10.
What is Goshee?
a)
The prison camp his father was in during WW2
b)
The San Angelo hotel his father stays in.
c)
The San Antonio theatre where his mother performs.
d)
The graveyard where his grandfather was buried.
11.
John Grady's father tells him two things he has never told him before (25). What are they, and why does he choose this opportunity to tell him?
a)
His mother came back from California for John Grady.
b)
Talking about his wife helped him survive Goshee.
c)
He's dying and he wans John Grady and his mother to reconcile.
d)
All of the above.
12.
Who is Mary Catherine, and what is John Grady's relationship to her?
a)
She is his ex-girlfriend.
b)
She is his mother.
c)
She is girlfriend.
d)
She is just a girl from school.
13.
Why is Rawlins worried about his father catching him (30)?
a)
He's basically stealing a horse from his dad.
b)
He didn't graduate from high school yet.
c)
His father will miss him.
d)
He didn't do his chores yet.
14.
What does this simile suggest about John Grady and Rawlins as they ride off "like young thieves in a glowing orchard, loosely jacketed against the cold and ten thousand worlds for the choosing" (30)?
a)
They are setting off on an adventure and anything can happen.
b)
They plan to make a career of robbery.
c)
The stars are close and it's cold.
d)
They are stealing apples from an orchard.
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