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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 John Skimmerhorn meet Nacho?
(a) He follows the smell of cooking.
(b) Nacho saves him from being robbed.
(c) He gets lost in the desert.
(d) Nacho asks him for dinner.

2. What prompts the starvation of 1863?
(a) White men stealing crops.
(b) Native Americans losing land.
(c) Over population.
(d) A drought.

3. How much money does Levi give the emigrants heading back east?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Forty dollars.
(c) Thirty dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

4. Why is Lucinda described as Saint Louis's most eligible young woman?
(a) Because her father discovered gold.
(b) Because of her musical talents.
(c) Because of her political influence.
(d) Because she is beautiful.

5. In Chapter 8, how many miles of desert does John Skimmerhorn's group travel across?
(a) 60.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position is Frank Skimmerhorn appointed to in Chapter 7?

2. When does Becky jump into a sleigh with Levi?

3. Who kills Bufe Coker?

4. In Chapter 10, why do ranchers fight Potato Brumbaugh?

5. How does Seccumbe die?

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