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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how many miles of desert does John Skimmerhorn's group travel across?
(a) 70.
(b) 80.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

2. What does Levi name his restored trading post?
(a) Levi's Goods.
(b) Zandt's Store.
(c) Family Stop.
(d) Zandt's Farm.

3. How does Lucinda get her name?
(a) McKeag gives it to her.
(b) A fur trader gives money for her to be named that.
(c) Pasquinel requests it as he dies.
(d) Clay Basket gives it to her.

4. What is suspicious about Pasquinel's marriage to Clay Basket?
(a) She never has children.
(b) He is already married.
(c) She is a Native American.
(d) He spends her money.

5. Who does Finlay Perkin threaten to turn Seccumbe into in Chapter 10?
(a) The country sheriff.
(b) The owners of the ranch.
(c) The IRS.
(d) English officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes over McKeag's job as an interpreter?

2. In Chapter 10, why do ranchers fight Messmore Garret?

3. Why is Lucinda described as Saint Louis's most eligible young woman?

4. Why does Amos Boehman sell his Conestoga wagon?

5. How does Alexander McKeag help Pasquinel?

(see the answer key)

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