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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ends Pasquinel's partnership with McKeag?
(a) Pasquinel takes McKeag's wife.
(b) Pasquinel hurts McKeag's daughter.
(c) McKeag robs Pasquinel's wife.
(d) McKeag threatens Pasquinel's son.

2. Why do fur traders hit Pasquinel with an oar?
(a) He tries to defend the Native Americans.
(b) He wants his pelts back.
(c) He tries to steal their boat.
(d) He wants to travel with them.

3. What does John Skimmerhorn hire Nacho as for his trip to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) A guide.
(b) A cook.
(c) A laborer.
(d) A translator.

4. How does Jake Pasquinel die?
(a) He starves.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He is hung.

5. How does Lame Beaver manage to kill Never-Death?
(a) He hits him in the face.
(b) He poisons him.
(c) He suffocates him.
(d) He shoots him.

6. What do the white men give the Native Americans when they grant them land rights?
(a) Maps.
(b) Building materials.
(c) Food.
(d) Military uniforms.

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

8. Who takes over McKeag's job as an interpreter?
(a) Levi.
(b) Lame Beaver.
(c) Pasquinel.
(d) Jake.

9. What does John Skimmerhorn hire J.R. Poteet as for his trip to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A laborer.
(c) A driver.
(d) A cook.

10. In Chapter 3, where does the narrator say the horses migrated to?
(a) Asia.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Canada.

11. What is Skimmerhorn blamed for in Chapter 7?
(a) Forcing Native Americans to surrender.
(b) Loss of American money.
(c) The War of 1863.
(d) Native American massacre.

12. How do Jake and Mike test Levi's bravery in Chapter 6?
(a) They burn his store.
(b) They beat him.
(c) They rob him.
(d) They threaten him.

13. How does McKeag die?
(a) Diptheria.
(b) Starvation.
(c) He is shot.
(d) Cholera.

14. Why does Sam Purchas suggest Levi sell his horses?
(a) To raise money for a farm.
(b) To get a good deal.
(c) To buy oxen.
(d) To have money for food.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does it take Pasquinel to get the arrowhead out of his body?

3. Why does Levi buy the Conestoga wagon?

4. When does Becky jump into a sleigh with Levi?

5. What does Lame Beaver tell his daughter about Pasquinel in Chapter 5?

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