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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Becky jump into a sleigh with Levi?
(a) When he is delivering meat.
(b) When he is driving home.
(c) When he is buying supplies.
(d) When he is taking his mother out.

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, what does Levi think about a peace treaty between the United States and Native Americans?
(a) That the Native Americans will break it.
(b) That it is poorly written.
(c) That it won't pass Congress.
(d) That it will become law quickly.

5. What do the white men give the Native Americans when they grant them land rights?
(a) Food.
(b) Building materials.
(c) Military uniforms.
(d) Maps.

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

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

8. In Chapter 8, how many horses do the Native Americans steal from John Skimmerhorn's convoy?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

9. How many older brothers does Levi Zandt have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

10. What information does Pasquinel believe Clay Basket refuses to tell him?
(a) Where the gold is.
(b) Where the money is hidden.
(c) Where his children are.
(d) How to heal people.

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

12. According to the narrator, what were the Cheyenne originally known as?
(a) Our People.
(b) Only Ones.
(c) The Tribe.
(d) Cheboygan.

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

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

15. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Jim note about John Skimmerhorn's traveling group?
(a) They all hate each other.
(b) They get lost too easily.
(c) They work together very well.
(d) There will be problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Skimmerhorn hire Nacho as for his trip to Texas in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Elly travel west with Levi?

3. What causes Levi to be shunned from the Mennonite community?

4. Where is the town of Centennial?

5. Why do fur traders hit Pasquinel with an oar?

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