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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Levi suggest Oliver visit John Skimmerhorn?
(a) For farming help.
(b) For cattle help.
(c) For land puchasing help.
(d) For help getting a job.

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

3. How does Lucinda get her name?
(a) A fur trader gives money for her to be named that.
(b) Clay Basket gives it to her.
(c) Pasquinel requests it as he dies.
(d) McKeag gives it to her.

4. When does Becky jump into a sleigh with Levi?
(a) When he is driving home.
(b) When he is buying supplies.
(c) When he is delivering meat.
(d) When he is taking his mother out.

5. Why does Sam Purchas suggest Levi sell his horses?
(a) To raise money for a farm.
(b) To get a good deal.
(c) To buy oxen.
(d) To have money for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the cattle arrive in Chapter 8, who is the first person Jim sees?

2. Where does Larkin find gold in Chapter 7?

3. What does Pasquinel arm himself with while waiting for the Rude Water tribe to show up with his pelts?

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

5. Why do Levi and Elly saw their wagon in half?

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