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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does McKeag die?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Starvation.
(d) He is shot.

2. Who takes over McKeag's job as an interpreter?
(a) Pasquinel.
(b) Jake.
(c) Lame Beaver.
(d) Levi.

3. What is Pasquinel doing when he is killed?
(a) Trying to find gold.
(b) Trying to help his daughter.
(c) Trying to find McKeag.
(d) Sleeping.

4. How does Spade Larkin keep his hopes high for finding gold?
(a) He prays daily.
(b) He asks people for clues frequently.
(c) He carries newspaper clippings with him.
(d) He keeps a small gold nugget in his pocket.

5. In Chapter 3, what animal does the narrator say is able to cripple bison?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A poisonous bird.
(d) Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elly travel west with Levi?

2. How many older brothers does Levi Zandt have?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Lame Beaver trade with the white people for guns?

4. What do the white men give the Native Americans when they grant them land rights?

5. How does Levi's group manage to cross the Platte?

(see the answer key)

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