The Salinas Valley is located just inland from what California city.
What is Monterey?
100
"Here, I'll reach the _______ down to you."
What is squeezer?
100
"...with hair like dusty yellow grass and with shy polite gray eyes, and with a mouth that worked when he thought."
Who is Jody?
100
"After a while the boy *sauntered* down the hill again."
What is a verb?
200
"I hope it don't rain before."
Who is Jody?
200
The Salinas Valley is home to the red-rocked Pinnacles National Monument, popular for what outdoor activity?
What is camping?
200
"If ham and eggs grew on the _______ I'd put him out to pasture, like old Easter."
What is side-hills?
200
"His eyes were a contemplative, watery gray and the hair which protruded from under his Stetson hat was spiky and weathered."
Who is Billy Buck?
200
"Instantly *Jody* fell into step with him."
What is a (proper) noun? (both answers are correct)
300
"If ham and eggs grew on a side-hill I'd turn you out to pasture too."
Who is Carl Tiflin?
300
The Salinas Valley is located between the Santa Lucia Mountain Range and what other mountain range.
What is the Gabilan Mountains?
300
" I'm having a hard enough time keeping this ranch out of the Bank of _____ without taking on anybody else to feed."
What is Italy?
300
"And his face was as dark as dried beef. A mustache, blue-white against the dark skin, hovered over his mouth, and his hair was white, too, where it showed at his neck."
Who is Gitano?
300
While they watched, *she* crouched."
What is a pronoun?
400
"Back to the rancho. I was born here, and my father, too."
Who is Gitano?
400
The Salinas Valley is also known as the what of the world.
What is salad bowl?
400
"But he ought to be ____ now."
What is shot?
400
"His white beard was cropped close and his white eyebrows overhung his eyes like mustaches. The blue eyes were sternly merry."
Who is Grandfather?
400
"His father pointed a *stern* finger at him."
What is an adjective?
500
"I remember one time we ran out of meat."
Who is Grandfather?
500
The climate in the Salinas Valley is mild, making it ideal for what industry.
What is the floral industry?
500
"But this year Christmas was not the ______ day to Jody."
What is central?
500
"Jody's stern father came in then and Jody knew from the noise on the floor that he was wearing boots, but he looked under the table anyway, to make sure."
Who is Carl Tiflin?
500
"For a *long* time after Billy went away, Jody stood beside the pony, stroking him behind the ears."