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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, what does Lame Beaver trade with the white people for guns?
(a) Wood.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Pelts.
(d) Arrows.

3. Why does Levi believe Lucinda needs to become a Christian?
(a) Because he's been sleeping with her.
(b) Because she is a savage.
(c) Because she is a sinner.
(d) Because he loves her.

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

5. Who kills Pasquinel?
(a) Fur traders.
(b) It is unknown.
(c) A Native American tribe.
(d) Enemies of his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi name his restored trading post?

2. How does Levi's group manage to cross the Platte?

3. What does Lame Beaver do with the first gun his tribe owns?

4. Why do fur traders hit Pasquinel with an oar?

5. What does Pasquinel do when he realizes he can't get the arrow out of his back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Levi do when he finds a group of emigrants heading back east?

2. How does Levi earn the right to make a marriage certificate for him and Lucinda?

3. What is Pasquinel's relationship with Brockweiss?

4. During his trip west, what happens when Levi finds the family that was killed by Pawnee?

5. What happens to the first gun Lame Beaver's tribe ever owns?

6. What happens when Lame Beaver steals horses from an opposing tribe?

7. How does Levi feel about selling the horses during his trip west?

8. What does Skimmerhorn do to Native Americans at the end of Chapter 7?

9. What encounters does John Skimmerhorn's group have with Native Americans in Chapter 8?

10. How does Skimmerhorn respond to the Native American starvation?

(see the answer keys)

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