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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 it is his job to know.
(d) Because he cared for Soren Sorenson.

2. Who does Finlay Perkin threaten to turn Seccumbe into in Chapter 10?
(a) The country sheriff.
(b) English officials.
(c) The IRS.
(d) The owners of the ranch.

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

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

5. How do the farmers react to Walter Bellamy's warning in Chapter 13?
(a) They follow his advice.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They admire his work.
(d) They laugh at him.

6. What does Walter Bellamy warn causes soil erosion in Chapter 13?
(a) Building wells.
(b) Scorching the land.
(c) Irrigation.
(d) Farming in straight lines.

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

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

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

10. How long does Clemma say she was in jail?
(a) Six months.
(b) Nine months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

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

12. Why does Amos Calendar collect bones in Chapter 9?
(a) To bury.
(b) To sell.
(c) To collect.
(d) To inspect.

13. Who shoots Dumire in Chapter 11?
(a) Phillip.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Fugitives.
(d) Levi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim agree to avenge Coker's death?

2. Why does Tranquilino Marquez leave Mexico?

3. What causes farming problems in the early 1920s?

4. How does Seccumbe die?

5. What other name are the Pettis boys known as?

(see the answer keys)

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