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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does McKeag say about Lucinda after Pasquinel's death?
(a) He will find her a new father.
(b) He will pay for her college.
(c) He will care for her as his own.
(d) He will pray for her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How long does it take Pasquinel to get the arrowhead out of his body?
(a) An hour.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Years.
(d) Days.

11. In Chapter 4, what is unique about the bullets Lame Beaver steals?
(a) They are engraved.
(b) They are dipped in silver.
(c) They are made of gold.
(d) They are square.

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

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

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

15. What is Skimmerhorn blamed for in Chapter 7?
(a) Forcing Native Americans to surrender.
(b) Loss of American money.
(c) The War of 1863.
(d) Native American massacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does John Skimmerhorn's group lose during their trip across the desert?

2. What position is Frank Skimmerhorn appointed to in Chapter 7?

3. What ends Pasquinel's partnership with McKeag?

4. Why does Levi suggest Oliver visit John Skimmerhorn?

5. Why do Levi and Elly saw their wagon in half?

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