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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jake Pasquinel die?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He is hung.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He starves.

2. How does Leban Asher plan to save the Native Americans from starvation?
(a) Teach them to farm.
(b) Give them donated food.
(c) Move them to fertile land.
(d) Create government rations.

3. What rumor spreads in 1851?
(a) A rumor of government overthrow.
(b) A rumor of disease.
(c) A rumor of Native American invasions.
(d) A rumor of a peace meeting.

4. Why does Levi buy the Conestoga wagon?
(a) To start a new life.
(b) To help a friend.
(c) As a promise to his mother to do better.
(d) As a gift for his brother.

5. What other name are the Pettis boys known as?
(a) Gun boys.
(b) Gun brothers.
(c) Two guns in tow.
(d) Guns for hire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Pasquinel?

2. Why does Amos Boehman sell his Conestoga wagon?

3. Why does Messmore Garret's arrival cause such problems in Colorado?

4. How does McKeag die?

5. What does Pasquinel arm himself with while waiting for the Rude Water tribe to show up with his pelts?

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