2. What position is Frank Skimmerhorn appointed to in Chapter 7?
(a) Head of a military unit.
(b) Captain.
(c) General.
(d) Vice president.

3. Why do Levi and Elly saw their wagon in half?
(a) They are robbed.
(b) Their wagon broke.
(c) They want to lighten their load.
(d) They are having wagon problems.

4. What does Frank Skimmerhorn threaten will happen to Native Americans who do not put down their weapons when he commands?
(a) They will be tortured.
(b) They will be shot.
(c) They will be exiled.
(d) They will be jailed.

5. How does Alexander McKeag help Pasquinel?
(a) He interprets for him.
(b) He teaches Pasquinel how to survive in the wildnerness.
(c) He funds his next excursion.
(d) He removes the arrow head from his back.

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

7. What nationality is Pasquinel?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Native American.

8. In Chapter 8, what does John Skimmerhorn's group lose during their trip across the desert?
(a) A week's worth of food.
(b) One horse.
(c) A few cows.
(d) Their maps.

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

10. What rumor spreads in 1851?
(a) A rumor of Native American invasions.
(b) A rumor of disease.
(c) A rumor of government overthrow.
(d) A rumor of a peace meeting.

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

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

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

14. Who shoots Pasquinel with an arrow?
(a) Pawnee Indians.
(b) French traders.
(c) Cheyenne Indians.
(d) British soldiers.

15. What do the Rude Water tribe do to Pasquinel's boat?
(a) Sink it.
(b) Tip it over.
(c) Break it up.
(d) Smash it.