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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 2 describe about the mountains?

2. Who takes over McKeag's job as an interpreter?

3. What ends Pasquinel's partnership with McKeag?

4. What happens when John Skimmerhorn's group meets Lost Eagle's tribe?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Jim note about John Skimmerhorn's traveling group?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Levi prepare to head west?

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

5. According to the narrator, what happened to the rattlesnake when man encountered it in the American west?

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

7. What happens when Pasquinel is shot with an arrow?

8. Why does Poteet take charge in hiring a team in Chapter 8?

9. What happens after Pasquinel dies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the symbolism of gold in this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the role of marriage in developing the characters and plot of this novel.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast life outside of Centennial with life inside.

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