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.

In childbirth

Influenza

She starved to death.
2 Who nurses the kid back to health after the Maltese boatswain shoots him?
Toadvine

Reverend Green

The tavernkeeper's wife

His sister
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 left Fort Smith the day before coming to Nacogdoches.

He was in Fort Smith ten years before.
4 With whom does the kid leave his mule in Nacogdoches?
With the clerk of the dramhouse

With the tavernkeeper's wife

With Reverend Green's young daughter

With a Mexican family that boards animals
5 What is the judge's reaction when he sees the kid leaving Nacogdoches?
He shoots at the kid but misses.

He chases after the kid.

He smiles.

He tells the kid to meet him in San Antonio.
6 Why does the hermit send the kid to the well?
He is planning to steal the kid's mule.

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 wants the kid to do errands for him as payment.
7 What does the hermit show the kid?
a saddle made out of human skin

a mug filled with human blood

the dried heart of a slave

the skull of a human being
8 When the kid is entering Bexar, what is the first thing he sees?
A young woman playing a guitar

A dead man hanging from a tree

Two old men playing dominoes

A cart loaded with corpses
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 mule

his boots

his hat

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

because the kid killed the bartender

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

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

Impresario

Manuel

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

pieces of victims' uniforms

a bloodstained Wedding Veil

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

his leg

his arm

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

an old man with all his limbs hacked off

the skull of a child used as a drinking vessel

the body of a scalped, pregnant woman
17 From which illness does Sproule suffer?
influenza

consumption

syphilis

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

the Sargeant's scalp

Captain White's head

Clark's hands
19 Why does the Georgian think the kid will be whipped?
He throws a rock at a young child.

He scalps a prison guard.

He steals Captain White's head.

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 fix the damaged roads

to clean up after the horses

to pick up garbage
21 Why does Glanton agree to take on Toadvine, the kid, and the veteran?
Three of his men have died in the desert.

He is a cannibal.

He is secretly planning to double cross and scalp them.

He wants to increase the size of his scalphunting gang.
22 Where is Bathcat originally from?
Scotland

Wales

Ireland

London
23 Which of the John Jacksons does the juggler single out when he's telling fortunes?
Both of them

The black man

Neither of them

The white 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)?
Religion

Archaeology

Geology

Zoology

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