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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deets use to help Jake?
(a) His quirt
(b) The needle he uses to repair his pants
(c) A doctor
(d) A bottle of whiskey

2. Who goes back to Lonesome Dove with the first herd of horses?
(a) Sean and Allen O'Brien
(b) Gus, Call, and Pea Eye
(c) Call, Pea Eye, and Newt
(d) Jake, Dish and Deets

3. What was the name of Call's horse?
(a) Maggie
(b) Mouse
(c) Bolivar
(d) Hell Bitch

4. Where does Elmira reluctantly agree to go with two of the whiskey traders?
(a) Ogallala
(b) Fort Worth
(c) St. Louis
(d) Fort Smith

5. What unusual food does Po Campo make?
(a) Roadrunner eggs
(b) Honey-covered ants
(c) Fried earthworms
(d) Fried grasshoppers

6. Maggie told Gus _____ was Newt's father?
(a) Gus
(b) Call
(c) Pea Eye
(d) Jake

7. Where does Jake tell Lorena she belongs?
(a) Gladewater
(b) Lonesome Dove
(c) San Francisco
(d) San Antonio

8. What is the name of Roscoe's horse?
(a) Hell Bitch
(b) Memphis
(c) Joe
(d) Mouse

9. Which kind of customer does Lorena prefer?
(a) Piano players
(b) Younger cowboys
(c) Older cowboys
(d) Saloon owners

10. What does Gus offer for "a poke" regardless of whether Lorena wins at cutting the cards or not?
(a) To take her to San Francisco
(b) A new dress
(c) Fifty dollars
(d) Ten dollars

11. What does Roscoe suggest has happened to Elmira?
(a) She was taken by a bear.
(b) She left on a whiskey boat.
(c) She followed July.
(d) She was taken by buffalo hunters.

12. Who does Roscoe pick up on the way to find July?
(a) Joe
(b) Blue Duck
(c) Louisa
(d) Janey

13. What did Call give Newt in honor of his first trip to Mexico to round up livestock?
(a) A gun and holster
(b) The true story of his father
(c) A watch
(d) A horse

14. How did Elmira actually leave?
(a) She took a stagecoach.
(b) She took the train.
(c) She rode Memphis out of town at night.
(d) She left on the whiskey boat.

15. What does Lorena tell Jake about gambling?
(a) That she hopes he never comes back
(b) That he should go ahead while she stays in camp
(c) That she will come with him
(d) That it is against her religion and he must quit

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gus stop on the way to find a cook, tears on his cheeks?

2. What has Elmira told the townspeople about her former husband?

3. What did Gus give Dish outside the saloon?

4. What river do Lorena and Jake reach before the herd?

5. What does Jake think about doing with Lorena?

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