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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. What does Amos Calendar lead in Chapter 9?
(a) A prayer service.
(b) A trip west.
(c) A man hunt.
(d) A buffalo hunt.

2. What does Mervin jokingly ask for for his birthday?
(a) A prettier wife.
(b) To know where the body is.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) A happier son.

3. Why does Hans Brumbaugh want to buy land from Levi?
(a) To start a farm.
(b) To raise cattle.
(c) To start a hotel.
(d) To build a house.

4. Why does Brumbaugh encourage Tranquilino Marquez to return to Mexico?
(a) To find better work.
(b) To get a college degree.
(c) To be a witness in a court case.
(d) To bring his family back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cyprian Pasquinel warn Lucinda about in Chapter 9?

2. Where does Dumire search after questioning Phillip about Soren Sorenson?

3. Who stands up for Triunfador and rents him land for one dollar a year?

4. Where does Tranquilino Marquez say he was forced to work?

5. Where is the scientist from that Levi calls in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as soon as the Wendells arrive in Centennial?

2. Why does Jim plan to kill the Pettis boys?

3. What happens when Mauve Wendell can not scam Soren Sorenson?

4. Why does Hans Brumbaugh decide to start a farm in Chapter 9?

5. What happens to Charlotte when she visits England in Chapter 10?

6. What is the appeal behind dry farming?

7. What bothers Phillip about his father dying?

8. What happens when Levi finds the giant bone in Chapter 9?

9. How do sugar beets cause problems for the people of Centennial?

10. What happens when Buckford brings his daughter to Colorado for the first time?

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