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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Buckford assume he will be able to run his cattle business?
(a) Like a large enterprise.
(b) Like any other farm.
(c) Like his silk business.
(d) Like a small business.

2. What does Hans Brumbaugh do to the land he buys from Levi?
(a) He sells it again.
(b) He scorches it.
(c) He digs holes in it.
(d) He irrigates it.

3. Why does Levi call a scientist when he finds a bone?
(a) It looks diseased.
(b) It's very large.
(c) He thinks it belongs to a human.
(d) It's very small.

4. Why does Tranquilino Marquez leave Mexico?
(a) He was robbed.
(b) He was following his wife.
(c) He is told to shoot a woman.
(d) He wanted to earn more money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hans Brumbaugh want to buy land from Levi?

2. How old is Mahlon?

3. Why is Buckford unable to count his cattle?

4. How does Elly die?

5. How much money does Levi give the emigrants heading back east?

(see the answer key)

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