View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What solution does Frank Skimmerhorn offer in regard to the Native Americans?
(a) He wants to teach them to farm.
(b) He wants to give them reservation land.
(c) He wants them exterminated.
(d) He wants to move them to Canada.

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

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

5. What does Pasquinel arm himself with while waiting for the Rude Water tribe to show up with his pelts?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A gun.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A knife.

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

7. How does the press react to Leban Asher's plan to save the Native Americans from starvation?
(a) They overlook it.
(b) They question it.
(c) They attack it.
(d) They praise it.

8. Whose daughter does Pasquinel agree to marry?
(a) A Cheyenne chief's.
(b) McKeag's.
(c) Brockweiss's.
(d) Guisbert's.

9. In Chapter 8, how many miles of desert does John Skimmerhorn's group travel across?
(a) 50.
(b) 70.
(c) 80.
(d) 60.

10. What is suspicious about Pasquinel's marriage to Clay Basket?
(a) She never has children.
(b) She is a Native American.
(c) He is already married.
(d) He spends her money.

11. What does Maxwell Mercy stop Sam Purchas from doing while traveling west?
(a) Drinking too much.
(b) Selling his cattle.
(c) Killing Native Americans.
(d) Burning his supplies.

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

13. In Chapter 8, how old is Jim when he joins John Skimmerhorn's group?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

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

15. Where does Larkin find gold in Chapter 7?
(a) Blue Valley.
(b) Black Waters.
(c) Red Mountain.
(d) Green Hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McKeag do to help Clay Basket after Pasquinel's death?

2. In Chapter 4, who does Lame Beaver kill with his stolen bullets?

3. What position is Frank Skimmerhorn appointed to in Chapter 7?

4. What do the Rude Water tribe do to Pasquinel's boat?

5. Why does Sam Purchas suggest Levi sell his horses?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 433 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample