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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Levi believe Lucinda needs to become a Christian?
(a) Because she is a sinner.
(b) Because he's been sleeping with her.
(c) Because she is a savage.
(d) Because he loves her.

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

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

6. How much money does Levi give the emigrants heading back east?
(a) Thirty dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Forty dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

7. Why does Elly travel west with Levi?
(a) Because she is supposed to marry Levi.
(b) Because she doesn't have a job.
(c) Because he kidnaps her.
(d) Because she wants to leave the orphanage.

8. Why is Never-Death so difficult to kill?
(a) He has magic powers.
(b) He has a large army.
(c) He wears armor.
(d) He is fast.

9. 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.

10. What does Levi name his restored trading post?
(a) Levi's Goods.
(b) Family Stop.
(c) Zandt's Farm.
(d) Zandt's Store.

11. Why does John Skimmerhorn worry about traveling to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) He has to go alone.
(b) The roads are not yet built.
(c) He has never been there before.
(d) People are afraid to travel there.

12. What does Pasquinel do when he realizes he can't get the arrow out of his back?
(a) Screams for help.
(b) Cuts the end off.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Continues on.

13. How does Oliver Seccumbe plan to get a large piece of land?
(a) Through robbery.
(b) By asking Levi for money.
(c) Through the Homestead Act.
(d) By going where land is cheapest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does McKeag say about Lucinda after Pasquinel's death?

3. Why does Amos Boehman sell his Conestoga wagon?

4. When the cattle arrive in Chapter 8, who is the first person Jim sees?

5. What nationality is Pasquinel?

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