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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Bufe Coker a poor person to choose horses for the trip to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) He doesn't know how much horses cost.
(b) He's never ridden a horse.
(c) He doesn't care about the trip to Texas.
(d) He can't read.

2. What does Mervin jokingly ask for for his birthday?
(a) A happier son.
(b) To know where the body is.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) A prettier wife.

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

4. Who does Clemma tell Levi she is going to marry?
(a) A military man.
(b) A shop owner.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

5. Why is Fat Laura shot along with Bufe Coker?
(a) She was a curious neighbor.
(b) She was trying to rob him.
(c) She was a witness.
(d) She was trying to warn him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alexander McKeag help Pasquinel?

2. How does the press react to Leban Asher's plan to save the Native Americans from starvation?

3. What is Skimmerhorn blamed for in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 10, why does Levi's brother send Levi a letter?

5. Who shoots Dumire in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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