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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, why is beet farming in trouble?
(a) Seed prices are high.
(b) Land prices are high.
(c) Water is limited.
(d) No one is eating beets.

2. What does Jim Lloyd warn causes soil erosion in Chapter 13?
(a) Irrigation.
(b) Not tilling the land.
(c) Breaking up sod.
(d) Not building a well.

3. Why does Tranquilino Marquez leave Mexico?
(a) He was robbed.
(b) He wanted to earn more money.
(c) He is told to shoot a woman.
(d) He was following his wife.

4. Why does Levi suggest Oliver visit John Skimmerhorn?
(a) For help getting a job.
(b) For land puchasing help.
(c) For farming help.
(d) For cattle help.

5. Why is Nate Pearson happy to help on John Skimmerhorn's trip to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) He wants to start over in Texas.
(b) He needs the money.
(c) He is running away from the law.
(d) He hates his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Lame Beaver trade with the white people for guns?

2. Who does Finlay Perkin threaten to turn Seccumbe into in Chapter 10?

3. What information does Pasquinel believe Clay Basket refuses to tell him?

4. Why does Sam Purchas suggest Levi sell his horses?

5. Where does Tranquilino Marquez say he was forced to work?

(see the answer key)

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