Characters (Human)
Characters (Non-Human)
Jody's weapons
Setting
Miscellaneous
100
Which main character is a young boy who is the son of Carl and Mrs. Tiflin?
That character is Jody.
100
Jody named his first horse what?
Gabilan.
100
What type of rock did Jody use to beat and kill the buzzard?
Quartz.
100
Where does Jody live?
The Tiflin ranch
100
Where did Billy Buck and Mr. Tiflin buy Jody's first pony?
They bought the pony at a sheriff's auction.
200
Which character steals Carl Tiflin's horse?
Gitano steals Mr. Tiflin's horse.
200
The horse that Mr. Tiflin rambles about shooting, which Gitano eventually steals, is named what?
Easter.
200
What type of trap did Jody use to torture Doubletree Mutt, one of his dogs?
A mouse/rat trap.
200
Which area does Jody consider to be his center-point?
The brush line behind the house, where an old green tub is.
200
What was the color of the saddle that Billy Buck and Mr. Tiflin bought for Jody?
The color of the saddle was red.
300
Which character is disliked by Carl Tiflin for repeating the same stories over and over?
Grandfather.
300
Mr. Tiflin paid Jess Taylor some money to have one of his horses bred. What was the name of the pony Mr. Tiflin had bred?
Nellie.
300
Jody used a certain device to kill a little bird. He put a rock in this specific device and shot it at the bird's head. What did Jody use to kill the bird?
A slingshot.
300
Which area does Jody consider to be repulsive?
The black cypress tree by the bunkhouse.
300
What does Mrs. Tiflin use every day to wake everyone up?
She rings an iron triangle.
400
Which character is mostly in the kitchen, who prepares food for Billy Buck and the rest of the family throughout the story?
Mrs. Tiflin.
400
When Mr. Tiflin's horse was pregnant, Jody daydreamed about his adventures with the colt after it was born. He dreamed about him winning many horse races and helping the town sheriff. The name Jody dreamed he would give the colt was what?
Black Demon.
400
When Billy Buck told Jody about the mouse infestation, Jody came up with a plan. This plan used a certain weapon to drive the mice out, then have a certain animal go after the mice. What was the weapon, and what was the device?
A flail and the dogs, Smasher and Doubletree mutt.
400
Where does Nellie give birth?
Nellie gives birth at the barn.
400
When Jody got home from school at the beginning of chapter 3, he finds 2 things in the mailbox. What where they?
A Montgomery Ward Catalog and the Salinas Weekly Journal.
500
Which character regards Grandfather with reverence? (Hint: This character is not Jody and Grandfather knew this character's father.)
Billy Buck
500
One of Jody's dogs killed a coyote and lost its ear in the process. The name of this specific dog is what?
Smasher.
500
Jody's father gave him an empty weapon, which he aims at many different things. However, this weapon is useless because his father did not give him the other thing needed for this weapon to work. Jody must be twelve in order to start receiving the other thing needed. What is this weapon? (Hint: This weapon was never actually used to kill something.)
A 22 rifle.
500
Where does Billy Buck live?
Billy Buck lives in the bunkhouse.
500
Billy Buck claims that he is half-horse himself. He says that his mother died after he was born, so his father fed him something else in substitute for breast milk. What did he feed Billy Buck?
Mare milk.
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