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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elly travel west with Levi?

2. How does Lame Beaver manage to kill Never-Death?

3. Where is Dr. Lewis Vernor a professor?

4. What solution does Frank Skimmerhorn offer in regard to the Native Americans?

5. What does John Skimmerhorn hire J.R. Poteet as for his trip to Texas in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Levi prepare to head west?

2. What happens to the first gun Lame Beaver's tribe ever owns?

3. In Chapter 1, what task is Dr. Lewis Vernor asked to do?

4. What happens to Pasquinel when he tries to return to Saint Louis?

5. What is Pasquinel's relationship with Brockweiss?

6. What happens when Lame Beaver steals horses from an opposing tribe?

7. What encounters does John Skimmerhorn's group have with Native Americans in Chapter 8?

8. During his trip west, what happens when Levi finds the family that was killed by Pawnee?

9. What does Oliver Seccumbe propose to Levi in Chapter 8?

10. Why is Larkin interested in Lucinda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the roles of Native Americans to the roles of white people in "Centennial." What is revealed through these roles?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the fulfillment of race roles in this novel. Consider the lives of the characters who are half Native American.

Essay Topic 3

How are sick and dying children used in "Centennial"? What do they represent, reflect and foreshadow?

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