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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who arrives at Clara's ranch first?
(a) July Johnson
(b) Gus
(c) Martin
(d) Elmira, Big Zwey, and Luke
2. What happens to Martin?
(a) He crawls down the stairs and falls.
(b) He develops a cough and fever.
(c) He dies.
(d) He gets scarlet fever.
3. Who do Call and Gus NOT bury?
(a) Roy Suggs
(b) Ed Suggs
(c) Dan Suggs
(d) Jake
4. What does Elmira risk on her journey?
(a) Tornadoes
(b) Sioux
(c) A draught
(d) Buffalo hunters
5. What gets stolen from the ranch?
(a) One hundred cattle
(b) Fifteen horses
(c) Supplies
(d) Tools
6. What happens to Elmira the night she stays with Clara?
(a) She delivers her baby.
(b) She sleeps soundly.
(c) She gives in to Luke.
(d) She dies.
7. What does Gus wake to find?
(a) One of his legs gone
(b) The doctor refusing to amputate
(c) Both of his legs gone
(d) Both legs have gangrene
8. Where does Clara want Call to bury Gus?
(a) In Ogallala
(b) Next to her boys
(c) Where they had the picnic the last time she saw Gus
(d) In Clara's orchard
9. What do the Suggs brothers have a reputation for being around Fort Worth?
(a) Drunks
(b) Horse thieves
(c) Murderers
(d) Gamblers
10. What is wrong with Deets?
(a) He is homesick.
(b) He is troubled by the lack of water.
(c) He is in love with Lorena.
(d) He is troubled by the Indians.
11. What does Gus bring back for Lorena?
(a) A comb, a mirror, and brushes
(b) A new horse
(c) A steak dinner and whiskey
(d) Candy
12. Where is Blue Duck?
(a) Santa Rosa
(b) Denver
(c) San Antonio
(d) Santa Fe
13. Where do Pea Eye and Gus find shelter from the Indians?
(a) A deserted building
(b) Behind a dead horse
(c) A buffalo depression in the grass
(d) A creek
14. What does Gus tell July to do?
(a) Go back to Fort Smith
(b) Go to Ogallala
(c) Kill Blue Duck
(d) Go find his wife
15. Who does Jake hook up with in Fort Worth?
(a) The Suggs brothers
(b) July Johnson
(c) Frog Lip
(d) Sally Skull
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Dee when Elmira finally finds him?
2. Who tells Newt and the boys to get drunk before seeing the prostitutes?
3. Where does July live?
4. What does Clara do to help July make up his mind?
5. Gus sees a cloud approaching. What does it turn out to be?
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