All the Pretty Horses Quizzes

All the Pretty Horses Quiz 1

By Soman Chainani · Last reviewed July 12, 2003

1 Duena Alfonsa is Alejandra's:

niece

grandmother

great grandmother

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

Encantada

San Angelo

La Senorita

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

John Grady's father signed the ranch to her name

She's engaged to Mr. Franklin, the family lawyer

She bought it from the state

She inherited it from her father
4 John Grady goes to see his mother perform in a play in:

Houston

Dallas

San Angelo

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

Emilio Perez

His mother

Hector Rocha

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

One of her servants sees John Grady on Alejandra's horse

She sees Alejandra wearing John Grady's gloves

She catches them together in the barn

She sees them riding in the country
7 Who gives John Grady the money that he uses to buy the switchblade in prison?

Duena Alfonsa

Lacy Rawlins

Emilio Perez

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

He's afraid of thunder

His horse is easily startled by loud noises

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?

In a sewing accident

As the result of a birth defect

As punishment for a crime

In a shooting 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'?

Rawlins

Hector

Alejandra

Alfonsa
11 Whose funeral opens All the Pretty Horses?

Mr. Franklin, the family lawyer

John Grady's grandfather

Abuela

John Grady's father
12 Whose funeral closes the novel?

John Grady's father

Abuela

John Grady's grandfather

John Grady's mother
13 Why does John Grady return to Encantada after leaving prison?

to hunt down the man who stole Blevins' pistol

to bury Jimmy Blevins

to seek a train home

to find the horses he left behind
14 Fill in the blank: John Grady is _________ years old; Jimmy Blevins claims he is ________ years old.

16, 17

16, 16

17, 13

16, 13
15 Where does Rocha take Alejandra after John Grady is arrested?

Mexico City

Zacatecas

San Angelo

France
16 Why does Rocha not kill John Grady when he discovers his affair with Alejandra?

because he is receiving bribe money from the captain

because he is afraid Alejandra will kill herself

because Alfonsa made him promise not to kill the American

because he returns too late from the mountains
17 Why is Rawlins wary to let Blevins ride with him and John Grady?

because Blevins is too young

because Blevins is carrying a loaded weapon

because Blevins is riding a stolen horse

because Blevins doesn't speak English
18 What is a vaquero?

a cattle-rancher

a small village

a cowboy

a type of leather
19 According to Alfonsa, who was the first popularly elected president of Mexico?

Don Hector Rocha

Francisco Madera

Gustavo Madera

Presidente Diaz
20 Why did Blevins return to Encantada after he escaped with Rawlins and John Grady?

because he wanted to retrieve his horse

because he thought he might find John Grady and Rawlins there

because he wanted to find a job as a cowboy

because he wanted to find his pistol
21 Fill in the blank: The captain accuses John Grady and Rawlins of being in cahoots with the '_________ Blevins'.

assassin

criminal

thief

American
22 Fill in the blank: In the course of the novel, John Grady meets Hector Rocha _____ and Duena Alfonsa _______ .

twice, twice

thrice, thrice

once, twice

thrice, twice
23 What is John Grady's father's belated Christmas present to his son?

a new hat

the deed to the ranch

a new saddle

a new horse
24 When does Rawlins leave John Grady and go back home?

After they return to La Purisima to confront Rocha

After they return to Encantada to retrieve the horses

Before John Grady fights the cuchillero in prison

After they are both released from prison
25 Why does John Grady's mother dismiss his pleas to run the ranch?

because he has to help his ailing father

because he has to go to school

because he's too young

both because he's too young and because he has to go to school