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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ends Pasquinel's partnership with McKeag?
(a) Pasquinel hurts McKeag's daughter.
(b) McKeag robs Pasquinel's wife.
(c) McKeag threatens Pasquinel's son.
(d) Pasquinel takes McKeag's wife.

2. Why does Levi buy the Conestoga wagon?
(a) As a gift for his brother.
(b) To start a new life.
(c) To help a friend.
(d) As a promise to his mother to do better.

3. How does Oliver Seccumbe plan to get a large piece of land?
(a) By asking Levi for money.
(b) By going where land is cheapest.
(c) Through robbery.
(d) Through the Homestead Act.

4. Where is Dr. Lewis Vernor a professor?
(a) Colorada.
(b) Utah.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Jim note about John Skimmerhorn's traveling group?

2. In Chapter 4, how many bullets does Lame Beaver steal?

3. Why does John Skimmerhorn worry about traveling to Texas in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 8, how old is Jim when he joins John Skimmerhorn's group?

5. What does Mike try to do at the end of Chapter 7?

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