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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much bonus money does Charlotte give Skimmerhorn before he starts his new job in Chapter 12?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) None.

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

3. Where does Dumire search after questioning Phillip about Soren Sorenson?
(a) Behind the house.
(b) Next to Levi's land.
(c) Near the creek.
(d) In the well.

4. In Chapter 9, what does Hans Brumbaugh realize about the gold seekers?
(a) They are starving.
(b) They are tired.
(c) They are poor.
(d) They are all men.

5. Where is the scientist from that Levi calls in Chapter 9?
(a) Yale.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

6. What happens to the help farmers bring in from other countries?
(a) They are lazy.
(b) They leave the state.
(c) They ask for too much money.
(d) They start their own farms.

7. What does Dumire assume about Soren Sorenson when he hears he is missing?
(a) That he left for good.
(b) That he has been captured.
(c) That he has been murdered.
(d) That he is looking for land.

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

9. Why is Seccumbe a little reluctant about marrying Charlotte?
(a) He is older than she is.
(b) She is poor.
(c) She is older than he is.
(d) He is interested in someone else.

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

11. In Chapter 10, who orders Charlotte to find a new bull for the ranch?
(a) Jim.
(b) Levi.
(c) Finlay.
(d) Clemma.

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

13. Why do thousands of cattle die in Chapter 10?
(a) They are shot.
(b) They starve.
(c) They are poisoned.
(d) They freeze.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maude kill Soren Sorenson?

2. Why do more farmers start growing sugar beets?

3. Where does Triunfador build a cantina?

4. How long does Clemma say she was in jail?

5. Who does Brumbaugh give land to before he dies?

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