Characters
Jody's parents
Who are Carl and Ruth Tifflin?
The triangle
What is the sound that awakes Jody every morning?
Carl and Billy Buck are mending fences
Where did Carl and Billy Buck go?
A trick horse
What is Carl afraid of Gabilan becoming?
Jody sets up a mousetrap.
What does Jody set up to hurt Doubletree Mutt?
A hired hand on the farm
Who is Billy Buck?
Is Billy Buck good with horses?
It's under a cypress tree
Where are the pigs scalded?
Thanksgiving
When does Jody wish to ride Gabilan?
An ancient civilization would have to feed on rocks
According to Billy, if there was an ancient civilization in the mountains, they would have had to feed on what?
The shepherd who had killed a coyote and lost an ear in doing it.
Who is Smasher?
Carl is described as this in the text.
Who is described as a 'disciplinarian?
Billy Buck says a horse is afraid of their hooves being hurt
What does Billy Buck tell Jody about horses?
They steam Gabilan
What do Jody and Billy Buck do to Gabilan when he is sick?
The mountains are mysterious
What about the mountains make them both terrible and great to Jody?
The dog with the big thick tail and yellow eyes
Who is Doubletree Mutt?
How does Gabilan die?
A poor horse will sip water
What is Jody told about a poor horse?
It is below Gabilan's jaw
Where does Billy Buck cut Gabilan?
Carl wants Gitano to leave in the morning
At dinner, when does Carl say he wants Gitano to leave?
the old 'paisano' man (a man of Hispanic descent) who was born in a small Adobe house that stood on what is now the Tiflin ranch.
Who is Gitano?
Jody believes these to be mysterious mountains in the west direction.
What direction does Jody think the mysterious mountains are?
A hair rope
What does Billy Buck work on every evening?
Jody injures this type of bird after Gabilan dies
What is a buzzard?
Billy Buck says this about 'paisanos'
Who says the paisanos are “d*** good men”?