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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Nate Pearson happy to help on John Skimmerhorn's trip to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) He hates his wife.
(b) He is running away from the law.
(c) He needs the money.
(d) He wants to start over in Texas.

3. What does Levi name his restored trading post?
(a) Zandt's Farm.
(b) Zandt's Store.
(c) Levi's Goods.
(d) Family Stop.

4. How old is Mahlon?
(a) 32.
(b) 33.
(c) 34.
(d) 35.

5. What is Skimmerhorn blamed for in Chapter 7?
(a) Loss of American money.
(b) Native American massacre.
(c) Forcing Native Americans to surrender.
(d) The War of 1863.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Levi give the emigrants heading back east?

2. Why does Amos Boehman sell his Conestoga wagon?

3. Whose daughter does Pasquinel agree to marry?

4. In Chapter 3, where does the narrator say the horses migrated to?

5. In Chapter 8, what does John Skimmerhorn's group lose during their trip across the desert?

(see the answer key)

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