Think you’ve got your head wrapped around All the Pretty Horses? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What does the figure of the coinmaker symbolize?
Success through hard, slow, repetitive work
The need for proper hygiene when working in a labor-intensive trade
The myopic obsession that the rich have with money
Harsh and arbitrary dichotomies produced by fate
Q. What symbol is in the center of Don Héctor's billiards room?
An altar and an image of Christ
A statue of a horse
A broken window
A collection of old-school 'lad mags'
Q. Which of the following is the best description of what horses represent in the novel?
A super cool means of travel in movies
How man's influence corrupts nature
The natural world and interconnectedness between its creatures
A source of economic power
Q. If you see the remains of a dead animal in the novel, it probably evokes…
The eternal cycle of life
How dead creatures become inert parts of the landscape
A nasty smell?
Just the overall meaninglessness of life
Q. The big iron pumpjacks at the end of the novel represent…
Something unnatural in the land, yet not entirely unlike it
Progress
The destruction of all the earth
The beginning of high-concept postmodern oilfield art