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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do fur traders hit Pasquinel with an oar?
(a) He tries to defend the Native Americans.
(b) He wants his pelts back.
(c) He wants to travel with them.
(d) He tries to steal their boat.

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 exiled.
(b) They will be jailed.
(c) They will be tortured.
(d) They will be shot.

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

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

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

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

7. Where is the town of Centennial?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Colorado.
(c) South Carolina
(d) Utah.

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

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

10. According to Chapter 3, who were among the first inhabitants of Centennial?
(a) The British.
(b) Dinosaurs.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) Women and children.

11. How does Spade Larkin keep his hopes high for finding gold?
(a) He prays daily.
(b) He asks people for clues frequently.
(c) He carries newspaper clippings with him.
(d) He keeps a small gold nugget in his pocket.

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

13. In Chapter 3, where does the narrator say the horses migrated to?
(a) Asia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Nowhere.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pasquinel arm himself with while waiting for the Rude Water tribe to show up with his pelts?

2. What is suspicious about Pasquinel's marriage to Clay Basket?

3. Why is Nate Pearson happy to help on John Skimmerhorn's trip to Texas in Chapter 8?

4. What do the white men give the Native Americans when they grant them land rights?

5. Who takes over McKeag's job as an interpreter?

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