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 starved to death.

In childbirth

Influenza

She was murdered by his drunk father.
2 Who nurses the kid back to health after the Maltese boatswain shoots him?
His sister

Toadvine

The tavernkeeper's wife

Reverend Green
3 When did the judge previously encounter Reverend Green in Fort Smith?
He has never been to Fort Smith in his life.

He was born in Fort Smith.

He was in Fort Smith ten years before.

He left Fort Smith the day before coming to Nacogdoches.
4 With whom does the kid leave his mule in Nacogdoches?
With the tavernkeeper's wife

With a Mexican family that boards animals

With the clerk of the dramhouse

With Reverend Green's young daughter
5 What is the judge's reaction when he sees the kid leaving Nacogdoches?
He smiles.

He shoots at the kid but misses.

He tells the kid to meet him in San Antonio.

He chases after the kid.
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 is planning to steal the kid's mule.

He wants the kid to do errands for him as payment.

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

A young woman playing a guitar

A dead man hanging from a tree

Two old men playing dominoes
9 How does the kid kill the bartender in Bexar?
He burns the bar down.

He breaks a bottle over his head.

He takes his eye out with his thumb.

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, peppers, and a new knife

Beans, an iron skillet, and a musket

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 knife

his hat

his boots

his mule
12 Why does Captain White want to meet the kid?
because the kid stole his liquor

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

because the kid killed the bartender

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

Manuel

Juan Perez

Candelario
14 Which of these things is NOT worn by the Comanche warriors that attack Captain White's company?
pieces of victims' uniforms

a stovepipe hat

a bloodstained Wedding Veil

a vest made of squirrels
15 Where does Sproule sustain his injury after the battle with the Comanche Warriors?
his leg

his arm

his head

his buttocks
16 What horrible sight do the kid and Sproule see when seeking water?
the body of a scalped, pregnant woman

the skull of a child used as a drinking vessel

an old man with all his limbs hacked off

a bush hung with dead babies
17 From which illness does Sproule suffer?
syphilis

influenza

the bubonic plague

consumption
18 What does the kid see in a jar after his capture by the Mexicans?
Clark's hands

Captain White's head

the Sargeant's scalp

the heads of Comanche babies
19 Why does the Georgian think the kid will be whipped?
He scalps a prison guard.

He steals Captain White's head.

He steals food from a local woman.

He throws a rock at a young child.
20 What is the chain gang's task in Chihuahua?
to break up rocks in the quarry

to clean up after the horses

to pick up garbage

to fix the damaged roads
21 Why does Glanton agree to take on Toadvine, the kid, and the veteran?
He wants to increase the size of his scalphunting gang.

He is secretly planning to double cross and scalp them.

He is a cannibal.

Three of his men have died in the desert.
22 Where is Bathcat originally from?
Wales

London

Scotland

Ireland
23 Which of the John Jacksons does the juggler single out when he's telling fortunes?
The white man

Both of them

The black man

Neither of them
24 Who disappears shortly after the veteran does?
Glanton

two of the Delawares

the juggler and his family

the sole Mexican member of the Company
25 What does the judge lecture Glanton's men about in the compound (presidio)?
Archaeology

Zoology

Religion

Geology

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