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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amos Boehman sell his Conestoga wagon?
(a) He wants out the hauling business.
(b) He needs the money.
(c) It is broken.
(d) Levi asks him to sell it.

2. How many horses does Lame Beaver keep after stealing them from an opposing tribe?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

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

5. How does Cottonwood Knee die?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) He dies of old age.
(d) He is stabbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Spade Larkin keep his hopes high for finding gold?

2. Where is the town of Centennial?

3. Why is Skimmerhorn chastised for his role in United States and Native American relations?

4. What does Frank Skimmerhorn threaten will happen to Native Americans who do not put down their weapons when he commands?

5. Whose daughter does Pasquinel agree to marry?

(see the answer key)

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