2. In Chapter 3, what animal does the narrator say the bison encountered?
(a) The large beaver.
(b) The water buffalo.
(c) The native horse.
(d) The saber-tooth cat.

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

4. Why does Levi buy the Conestoga wagon?
(a) To help a friend.
(b) As a gift for his brother.
(c) As a promise to his mother to do better.
(d) To start a new life.

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

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

7. How does Levi's group manage to cross the Platte?
(a) They pay someone to help them.
(b) They leave the oxen behind.
(c) They team up with another wagon.
(d) They carry their supplies on their backs.

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

9. What does John Skimmerhorn hire J.R. Poteet as for his trip to Texas in Chapter 8?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A laborer.
(c) A cook.
(d) A driver.

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

11. What does Mike try to do at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Arrest Skimmerhorn.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Defend Jake.
(d) Save Lucinda.

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

13. What does McKeag do to help Clay Basket after Pasquinel's death?
(a) He gives her money.
(b) He shows her where gold is.
(c) He builds her a new home.
(d) He lets her live with him.

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

15. How does Jake Pasquinel die?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is ill.
(c) He is hung.
(d) He starves.