Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Quizzes

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Quiz 1

1 How did the kid's mother die?
She was murdered by his drunk father.

Influenza

In childbirth

She starved to death.
2 Who nurses the kid back to health after the Maltese boatswain shoots him?
The tavernkeeper's wife

Toadvine

His sister

Reverend Green
3 When did the judge previously encounter Reverend Green in Fort Smith?
He was in Fort Smith ten years before.

He was born in Fort Smith.

He has never been to Fort Smith in his life.

He left Fort Smith the day before coming to Nacogdoches.
4 With whom does the kid leave his mule in Nacogdoches?
With Reverend Green's young daughter

With a Mexican family that boards animals

With the clerk of the dramhouse

With the tavernkeeper's wife
5 What is the judge's reaction when he sees the kid leaving Nacogdoches?
He smiles.

He tells the kid to meet him in San Antonio.

He chases after the kid.

He shoots at the kid but misses.
6 Why does the hermit send the kid to the well?
He is dying and is too weak to go to the well himself.

He doesn't want the kid to give his mule water from his own supply.

He is planning to steal the kid's mule.

He wants the kid to do errands for him as payment.
7 What does the hermit show the kid?
the skull of a human being

the dried heart of a slave

a mug filled with human blood

a saddle made out of human skin
8 When the kid is entering Bexar, what is the first thing he sees?
A dead man hanging from a tree

Two old men playing dominoes

A cart loaded with corpses

A young woman playing a guitar
9 How does the kid kill the bartender in Bexar?
He breaks a bottle over his head.

He takes his eye out with his thumb.

He burns the bar down.

He stabs him with a knife.
10 After meeting the herders from Abilene, what does the kid find tied to his saddle?
A new knife, some tobacco, and a bottle of whiskey

Beans, an iron skillet, and a musket

Beans, peppers, and a new knife

Peppers, a silver dollar, and a tiny rag doll
11 What does the kid have to trade to get his new saddle after joining Captain White's filibustering gang?
his boots

his knife

his hat

his mule
12 Why does Captain White want to meet the kid?
because the kid killed the bartender

because the kid stole his money

because he thinks the kid might be his long-lost son

because the kid stole his liquor
13 What is the name of the "Mexican" that Captain White hires as his guide?
Candelario

Juan Perez

Impresario

Manuel
14 Which of these things is NOT worn by the Comanche warriors that attack Captain White's company?
a stovepipe hat

a vest made of squirrels

a bloodstained Wedding Veil

pieces of victims' uniforms
15 Where does Sproule sustain his injury after the battle with the Comanche Warriors?
his arm

his leg

his head

his buttocks
16 What horrible sight do the kid and Sproule see when seeking water?
a bush hung with dead babies

the body of a scalped, pregnant woman

an old man with all his limbs hacked off

the skull of a child used as a drinking vessel
17 From which illness does Sproule suffer?
influenza

syphilis

consumption

the bubonic plague
18 What does the kid see in a jar after his capture by the Mexicans?
the heads of Comanche babies

Clark's hands

Captain White's head

the Sargeant's scalp
19 Why does the Georgian think the kid will be whipped?
He scalps a prison guard.

He steals Captain White's head.

He throws a rock at a young child.

He steals food from a local woman.
20 What is the chain gang's task in Chihuahua?
to break up rocks in the quarry

to pick up garbage

to fix the damaged roads

to clean up after the horses
21 Why does Glanton agree to take on Toadvine, the kid, and the veteran?
He is secretly planning to double cross and scalp them.

He wants to increase the size of his scalphunting gang.

Three of his men have died in the desert.

He is a cannibal.
22 Where is Bathcat originally from?
London

Ireland

Wales

Scotland
23 Which of the John Jacksons does the juggler single out when he's telling fortunes?
Neither of them

The white man

Both of them

The black man
24 Who disappears shortly after the veteran does?
two of the Delawares

the sole Mexican member of the Company

Glanton

the juggler and his family
25 What does the judge lecture Glanton's men about in the compound (presidio)?
Geology

Zoology

Archaeology

Religion

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