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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the help farmers bring in from other countries?
(a) They leave the state.
(b) They start their own farms.
(c) They ask for too much money.
(d) They are lazy.

2. Why does Tranquilino Marquez leave Mexico?
(a) He was robbed.
(b) He is told to shoot a woman.
(c) He wanted to earn more money.
(d) He was following his wife.

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

4. In Chapter 8, what type of cattle does Oliver Seccumbe want on his land?
(a) Red steppe.
(b) Aubrac.
(c) Texas longhorn.
(d) Australian lowback.

5. While traveling west, why does Levi realize some families became stranded?
(a) They ran out of supplies.
(b) Their horses died.
(c) They had broken wagons.
(d) They weren't trying hard enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Mervin Wendell end up working in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 8, how many horses do the Native Americans steal from John Skimmerhorn's convoy?

3. Why does Clemma turn down Jim Lloyd's offer of marriage?

4. How do the Wendells prove they have enough money to own the land they do?

5. Why does Hans Brumbaugh want to buy land from Levi?

(see the answer key)

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