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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Call give the group of Indians that arrive, one of which he knew from before?
(a) A steer that will not make it anyway
(b) Fifty head of cattle
(c) A lame horse
(d) A pregnant cow so they can get milk later

2. What is missing in Lonesome Dove when Call returns?
(a) The Raineys
(b) The Hat Creek Cattle Company ranch
(c) The Dry Bean
(d) The mercantile store

3. Who tells Newt and the boys to get drunk before seeing the prostitutes?
(a) Lippy
(b) Dish
(c) Gus
(d) Call

4. What gets stolen from the ranch?
(a) One hundred cattle
(b) Fifteen horses
(c) Tools
(d) Supplies

5. Where does Elmira want to go?
(a) Dodge City
(b) Ogallala
(c) Montana
(d) St. Louis

6. Who gets knocked unconscious by a soldier?
(a) Ben
(b) Dish
(c) Newt
(d) Call

7. Where do Pea Eye and Gus find shelter from the Indians?
(a) A deserted building
(b) A buffalo depression in the grass
(c) A creek
(d) Behind a dead horse

8. Why does Dan Suggs offer Jake a position on their crew when Jake is ready to leave Dallas?
(a) Because Jake let Blue Duck take Lorena
(b) Because of Jake's reputation for killing the dentist in Fort Smith
(c) Because he knows Jake was once a Texas Ranger
(d) Because of Jake's reputation as a bank robber

9. Why does Call go into Denver?
(a) He remembers he has not contacted Wilbarger's brother.
(b) He has run out of supplies.
(c) He wants to visit another Ranger.
(d) He needs a new horse.

10. Where does Gus ride to get medical help?
(a) Miles City
(b) Missoula
(c) Billings
(d) Helena

11. Who decides to stay with the herd, even though he has the opportunity to go with the other men?
(a) Soupy
(b) Newt
(c) Dish
(d) Jake

12. Who does Call hire in Miles City?
(a) The livery man
(b) Joseph Mobley
(c) Hugh Auld
(d) The sheriff

13. What does Pea Eye lose when he escapes in the night?
(a) His pants
(b) All of the above
(c) His boots
(d) His rifle

14. Where is Dee when Elmira finally finds him?
(a) At a ranch
(b) On the gallows
(c) In a saloon
(d) In jail

15. 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) Visit the prostitutes in Ogallala
(d) Help Call buy provisions

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is left behind when Call's gunshot scares everyone else away?

2. What happens to Elmira the night she stays with Clara?

3. What do the Suggs brothers have a reputation for being around Fort Worth?

4. What does Elmira risk on her journey?

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

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