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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amos Boehman sell his Conestoga wagon?
(a) He needs the money.
(b) He wants out the hauling business.
(c) Levi asks him to sell it.
(d) It is broken.

2. What does Lame Beaver tell his daughter about Pasquinel in Chapter 5?
(a) That she should avoid him.
(b) That he could teach her.
(c) That she needs to help him.
(d) That she should consider marrying him.

3. How does Levi's group manage to cross the Platte?
(a) They pay someone to help them.
(b) They leave the oxen behind.
(c) They team up with another wagon.
(d) They carry their supplies on their backs.

4. What makes Bufe Coker a poor person to choose horses for the trip to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) He doesn't know how much horses cost.
(b) He can't read.
(c) He's never ridden a horse.
(d) He doesn't care about the trip to Texas.

5. What does Chapter 2 describe about the mountains?
(a) How they were formed.
(b) What they symbolize.
(c) How they will be destroyed.
(d) What they remind people of.

6. When Lame Beaver goes to steal horses from another tribe, how many people go with him?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

7. When the cattle arrive in Chapter 8, who is the first person Jim sees?
(a) Levi's daughter.
(b) John Skimmerhorn's daughter.
(c) Levi's wife.
(d) John Skimmerhorn's sister.

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

9. What does Mike try to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Arrest Skimmerhorn.
(c) Defend Jake.
(d) Save Lucinda.

10. How many horses does Lame Beaver keep after stealing them from an opposing tribe?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

11. In Chapter 4, what does Lame Beaver trade with the white people for guns?
(a) Arrows.
(b) Pelts.
(c) Wood.
(d) Bullets.

12. Why is Skimmerhorn chastised for his role in United States and Native American relations?
(a) Because he didn't have permission.
(b) Because he was too harsh.
(c) Because everyone disagreed with him.
(d) Because he acted without direction.

13. How much money does Levi give the emigrants heading back east?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Thirty dollars.
(c) Forty dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 8, what type of cattle does Oliver Seccumbe want on his land?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Levi think about a peace treaty between the United States and Native Americans?

4. What happens when word reaches Levi about the cattle in Chapter 8?

5. Who shoots Pasquinel with an arrow?

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