Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Quizzes

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

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1 How did the kid's mother die?

In childbirth

She was murdered by his drunk father.

She starved to death.

Influenza
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 in Fort Smith ten years before.

He was born in Fort Smith.

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

With the clerk of the dramhouse

With Reverend Green's young daughter

With a Mexican family that boards animals

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

He chases after the kid.

He shoots at the kid but misses.

He tells the kid to meet him in San Antonio.

He smiles.
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?

a saddle made out of human skin

the skull of a human being

the dried heart of a slave

a mug filled with human blood
8 When the kid is entering Bexar, what is the first thing he sees?

A cart loaded with corpses

A dead man hanging from a tree

A young woman playing a guitar

Two old men playing dominoes
9 How does the kid kill the bartender in Bexar?

He stabs him with a knife.

He takes his eye out with his thumb.

He burns the bar down.

He breaks a bottle over his head.
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

Peppers, a silver dollar, and a tiny rag doll

Beans, peppers, and a new knife

Beans, an iron skillet, and a musket
11 What does the kid have to trade to get his new saddle after joining Captain White's filibustering gang?

his knife

his mule

his boots

his hat
12 Why does Captain White want to meet the kid?

because the kid stole his money

because the kid stole his liquor

because the kid killed the bartender

because he thinks the kid might be his long-lost son
13 What is the name of the "Mexican" that Captain White hires as his guide?

Juan Perez

Candelario

Impresario

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

pieces of victims' uniforms

a bloodstained Wedding Veil

a vest made of squirrels

a stovepipe hat
15 Where does Sproule sustain his injury after the battle with the Comanche Warriors?

his buttocks

his leg

his head

his arm
16 What horrible sight do the kid and Sproule see when seeking water?

the skull of a child used as a drinking vessel

the body of a scalped, pregnant woman

a bush hung with dead babies

an old man with all his limbs hacked off
17 From which illness does Sproule suffer?

consumption

syphilis

influenza

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

the Sargeant's scalp

Captain White's head

the heads of Comanche babies

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 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 is secretly planning to double cross and scalp them.

He is a cannibal.

He wants to increase the size of his scalphunting gang.

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

Wales

Scotland

London

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

The white man

The black man

Both of them

Neither of them
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)?

Archaeology

Religion

Zoology

Geology

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