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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 exiled.
(c) They will be jailed.
(d) They will be tortured.

4. When does Levi have lunch with Becky?
(a) When their families get together.
(b) When they are at market.
(c) When they are on vacation.
(d) When they sneak away.

5. What happens when word reaches Levi about the cattle in Chapter 8?
(a) Levi closes his store to celebrate.
(b) Riders come to Levi's trading post.
(c) Levi yells it to everyone outside.
(d) Someone tries to buy the cattle from Levi.

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

7. What causes Levi to be shunned from the Mennonite community?
(a) He tears Becky's dress.
(b) He kisses a girl.
(c) He steals his delivery.
(d) He tells lies about his family.

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

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

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

11. How does Leban Asher plan to save the Native Americans from starvation?
(a) Give them donated food.
(b) Create government rations.
(c) Move them to fertile land.
(d) Teach them to farm.

12. How many horses does Levi attach to the Conestoga wagon?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

13. How do Jake and Mike test Levi's bravery in Chapter 6?
(a) They threaten him.
(b) They beat him.
(c) They burn his store.
(d) They rob him.

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

15. In Chapter 3, what animal does the narrator say is able to cripple bison?
(a) Man.
(b) A rattlesnake.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A poisonous bird.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when John Skimmerhorn's group meets Lost Eagle's tribe?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Lame Beaver trade with the white people for guns?

4. Why is Skimmerhorn chastised for his role in United States and Native American relations?

5. When Lame Beaver goes to steal horses from another tribe, how many people go with him?

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