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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gus want to give to Lorena after he dies?
(a) The Hat Creek Cattle Company sign
(b) His half of the cattle partnership
(c) One hundred dollars
(d) His saddle

2. What treat does Po Campo make the men after they return from town?
(a) Sourdough biscuits
(b) Plover eggs
(c) Fried grasshoppers
(d) Dewberry cobbler

3. What does Jake hope the Suggs brothers gang will do?
(a) Rob a bank to get enough money to go to the Caribbean
(b) Leave him behind because he is too drunk
(c) Shoot him and put him out of his misery
(d) Stop in Kansas to gamble awhile

4. How far does Call travel to find water in Wyoming?
(a) Fifteen miles
(b) Eighty miles
(c) One hundred miles
(d) Twenty miles

5. Who do Call and Gus NOT bury?
(a) Roy Suggs
(b) Ed Suggs
(c) Jake
(d) Dan Suggs

6. What does Call tell Newt before he leaves to take Gus's body back to Texas?
(a) That he is range boss in Call's absence
(b) That he should come with Call to Texas
(c) That he is Call's son
(d) That he is sorry with no explanation

7. How does Blue Duck die?
(a) He jumps out of the second story window of the jail.
(b) Blue Duck hangs himself in his cell.
(c) He is hanged for his crimes.
(d) Call shoots him in anger.

8. Who dies at Clara's ranch?
(a) Bob
(b) July
(c) Cholo
(d) Lorena

9. What does Gus wake to find?
(a) One of his legs gone
(b) Both of his legs gone
(c) Both legs have gangrene
(d) The doctor refusing to amputate

10. When Newt is finally able to see again, what does he find?
(a) Call and Gus are fighting Indians.
(b) He is alone with some cattle, the main herd nowhere in sight.
(c) The river is so flooded, that they will not be able to cross for days.
(d) There is no water for miles.

11. Who finds Gus?
(a) Hugh
(b) Custer
(c) Call
(d) Deets

12. What does Gus do when they reach Ogallala?
(a) Goes to Clara's without Lorena
(b) Goes to the dry goods store and buy new clothes for himself and Lorena
(c) Help Call buy provisions
(d) Visit the prostitutes in Ogallala

13. What does Gus tell Call about the cattle drive?
(a) They should sell the cattle to Wilbarger.
(b) He is leaving with Lorena and will not help anymore.
(c) They should go back to Lonesome Dove before more people die.
(d) He will ride with them as far as Nebraska.

14. What does Call do with Gus after he dies?
(a) Buries him in Miles City
(b) Leaves him in the saloon
(c) Stores him in the doctor's harness shed for winter
(d) Takes him back to the herd so the men can pay their respects

15. What happens to Martin?
(a) He crawls down the stairs and falls.
(b) He gets scarlet fever.
(c) He dies.
(d) He develops a cough and fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does July finally see people after so many days?

2. Who's horse's track does Deets tell Call about?

3. What does Lorena decide?

4. What does Gus plant to do with Lorena when they get to Clara's?

5. What does Gus try to get out of his leg?

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