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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 Leban Asher plan to save the Native Americans from starvation?
(a) Move them to fertile land.
(b) Teach them to farm.
(c) Give them donated food.
(d) Create government rations.

2. In Chapter 8, how old is Jim when he joins John Skimmerhorn's group?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

3. What happens when John Skimmerhorn's group meets Lost Eagle's tribe?
(a) The tribe tries to rob them.
(b) The tribe runs and hides.
(c) The groups engage in a gun fight.
(d) The tribe is starving.

4. Why does Amos Boehman sell his Conestoga wagon?
(a) He wants out the hauling business.
(b) Levi asks him to sell it.
(c) It is broken.
(d) He needs the money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lame Beaver manage to kill Never-Death?

2. How old is Mahlon?

3. How does Lucinda get her name?

4. What does Chapter 2 describe about the mountains?

5. What does Maxwell Mercy stop Sam Purchas from doing while traveling west?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John Skimmerhorn hire Nacho as a cook?

2. What happens when Lame Beaver fights Never-Death?

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

4. What happens after Pasquinel dies?

5. Why does Levi decide to turn around and go back east?

6. Why does John Skimmerhorn help plan Oliver's trip to Texas?

7. What happens after Larkin finds gold?

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

9. What is Pasquinel's relationship with Brockweiss?

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

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