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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do more farmers start growing sugar beets?
(a) Brumbaugh tells other farmers about the beets.
(b) The price of sugar beets rises.
(c) The seeds are being given away for free.
(d) A sugar beet processing plant is built nearby.

2. How do the Wendells prove they have enough money to own the land they do?
(a) They talk about their money loudly.
(b) They work overtime.
(c) They share their bank statements.
(d) They buy expensive clothes.

3. How does Buckford assume he will be able to run his cattle business?
(a) Like a small business.
(b) Like a large enterprise.
(c) Like his silk business.
(d) Like any other farm.

4. Where does Jim find Clemma in Chapter 10?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Madison.

5. In Chapter 12, who wants Skimmerhorn fired?
(a) Brumbaugh.
(b) Clemma.
(c) Jim.
(d) Charlotte.

6. Why is Buckford unable to count his cattle?
(a) He can't find them.
(b) They keep running away.
(c) Someone has stolen some of them.
(d) They are free roaming.

7. Why does Dumire desire to know where Soren Sorenson's body is, even though he is dying himself?
(a) Because he promised he'd find out.
(b) Because he is curious.
(c) Because he cared for Soren Sorenson.
(d) Because it is his job to know.

8. Who stands up for Triunfador and rents him land for one dollar a year?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Clemma.
(c) Grebe.
(d) Brumbaugh.

9. Where does Brumbaugh find Tranquilino Marquez?
(a) Utah.
(b) Mexico.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Denver.

10. What does Alex Dumire offer the Wendells?
(a) Free rent for a month.
(b) Five hundred dollars.
(c) Relocation costs.
(d) A family of sheep.

11. Who does Clemma tell Levi she is going to marry?
(a) A military man.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A shop owner.

12. Why does Clemma turn down Jim Lloyd's offer of marriage?
(a) She wants to go to Saint Loius.
(b) He is too old.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She is seeing someone else.

13. What other name are the Pettis boys known as?
(a) Guns for hire.
(b) Gun boys.
(c) Two guns in tow.
(d) Gun brothers.

14. Why doesn't Soren Sorenson give any money to Maude?
(a) He knows she's a scammer.
(b) She asks for too much money.
(c) She doesn't ask for any money.
(d) He already spent his money.

15. Why do Earl Grebe and Magnes Volkema visit Centennial?
(a) To witness dry farming.
(b) To see how to herd sheep.
(c) To buy cattle.
(d) To buy Levi's land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take before Soren Sorenson is reported missing?

2. As he is dying, where does Dumire suspect Soren Sorenson's body is?

3. Why do the people of Centennial dislike Triunfador's cantina?

4. Where does Triunfador build a cantina?

5. What does Mervin Wendell fall ill from in Chapter 13?

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