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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What school does Phillip go away to?
(a) Acting school.
(b) Music school.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Law school.

2. Why are people slaughtering buffalo in Chapter 9?
(a) To win a prize.
(b) Because the buffalo were ruining the farms.
(c) To take away the Native American food source.
(d) Because the hunters had new guns.

3. What does Maxwell Mercy stop Sam Purchas from doing while traveling west?
(a) Selling his cattle.
(b) Drinking too much.
(c) Burning his supplies.
(d) Killing Native Americans.

4. Why does Sam Purchas suggest Levi sell his horses?
(a) To have money for food.
(b) To get a good deal.
(c) To raise money for a farm.
(d) To buy oxen.

5. In Chapter 12, who wants Skimmerhorn fired?
(a) Clemma.
(b) Brumbaugh.
(c) Jim.
(d) Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Levi and Elly saw their wagon in half?

2. Where does Brumbaugh find Tranquilino Marquez?

3. How does Elly die?

4. How much bonus money does Charlotte give Skimmerhorn before he starts his new job in Chapter 12?

5. Where does Tranquilino Marquez say he was forced to work?

(see the answer key)

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