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Lonesome Dove | Quiz

Larry McMurtry
This Study Guide consists of approximately 176 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lonesome Dove.

Lonesome Dove | Quiz

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1)

Who decides to quit and return to Lonesome Dove? (from Part 2: Chapters 38-41)

Dish
Lippy
Jim Rainey
Bolivar
2)

Clara says July is as useful as ______________. (from Part Three: Chapters 99-100)

A badger
A fence post
A horse
A sheriff from Arkansas
3)

Maggie told Gus _____ was Newt's father? (from Part 2: Chapters 46-49)

Call
Jake
Gus
Pea Eye
4)

Who rides up while Gus is bathing in the river in Lorena and Jake's camp? (from Part 2: Chapters 42-45)

Deets
Jake
Willie Montgomery
Blue Duck
5)

Who wants to marry Elmira? (from Part Two: Chapters 50-53)

Dee Boot
Luke
Big Zwey
Fowler
6)

What do the boys do differently to cross the Canadian? (from Part Two: Chapters 62-65)

Pack mud all over their skin to deter the snakes
Ride naked to keep their clothes dry
Make floatation devices to float across the river
Switch positions so the most experienced hands are at the rear
7)

What happens to Martin? (from Part Three: Chapters 99-100)

He dies.
He gets scarlet fever.
He crawls down the stairs and falls.
He develops a cough and fever.
8)

Where does Clara want Call to bury Gus? (from Part Three: Chapters 101-102)

In Clara's orchard
In Ogallala
Next to her boys
Where they had the picnic the last time she saw Gus
9)

Where does Gus take Lorena? (from Part Two: Chapters 58-61)

Ogallala
The wagon
The Llano
Adobe Walls
10)

What wakes Newt from dozing when he was supposed to be watching Lorena? (from Part 2: Chapters 46-49)

Po Campo
Lorena's screams
A cattle stampede
Gunfire
11)

What is wrong with Deets? (from Part Three: Chapters 81-83)

He is troubled by the lack of water.
He is troubled by the Indians.
He is in love with Lorena.
He is homesick.
12)

What does Lorena fear about Gus? (from Part Two: Chapters 66-68)

That she'll lose him to Clara
That he will go to Montana with the cattle drive
That he thinks she is damaged goods
That Blue Duck will come back to kill him
13)

What does Janey offer to do when she tells Roscoe that bandits are about to ambush them? (from Part Two: Chapters 50-53)

She suggests a short cut around them.
She offers to shoot them.
She offers to cook them dinner.
She offers to run ahead and engage them, so Roscoe can surprise them.
14)

Who dies at Clara's ranch? (from Part Three: Chapters 90-92)

Bob
Lorena
July
Cholo
15)

Who helps Roscoe when he fears he will not even find Texas? (from Part 2: Chapters 42-45)

Janey
Louisa
A group of Texas Rangers
A group of soldiers
16)

Where does Elmira want to go? (from Part Three: Chapters 78-80)

St. Louis
Ogallala
Montana
Dodge City
17)

Where does July live? (from Part Three: Chapters 90-92)

Next to the saddle shed
In a tent
In Clara's house
In Ogallala
18)

What does Jake give Newt? (from Part Two: Chapters 72-74)

His name
His watch
His horse
His gun
19)

Where does Gus want to be buried? (from Part Three: Chapters 96-98)

At Clara's ranch
At Clara's orchard in Texas
In Lonesome Dove
At Call's new ranch
20)

Who is at Clara's ranch when Call arrives? (from Part Three: Chapters 101-102)

Soupy
Dish
Newt
Pea Eye
21)

What treat does Po Campo make the men after they return from town? (from Part Two: Chapters 58-61)

Sourdough biscuits
Plover eggs
Fried grasshoppers
Dewberry cobbler
22)

Where does July finally see people after so many days? (from Part Three: Chapters 75-77)

Clara's ranch
The Hat Creek cattle drive
The Republican River
Ogallala
23)

What does Call give the group of Indians that arrive, one of which he knew from before? (from Part Two: Chapters 66-68)

A lame horse
Fifty head of cattle
A steer that will not make it anyway
A pregnant cow so they can get milk later
24)

What does Elmira risk on her journey? (from Part Three: Chapters 78-80)

Tornadoes
Buffalo hunters
Sioux
A draught
25)

Where do Gus and Call plan to look for a new cook? (from Part 2: Chapters 42-45)

Austin
St. Louis
Ogallala
Fort Worth
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