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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 makes Bufe Coker a poor person to choose horses for the trip to Texas in Chapter 8?

2. Why is Never-Death so difficult to kill?

3. What position is Frank Skimmerhorn appointed to in Chapter 7?

4. What do the white men give the Native Americans when they grant them land rights?

5. What does Chapter 2 describe about the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the white men and Native Americans going to meet in 1851?

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

4. What happens to Pasquinel when he tries to return to Saint Louis?

5. What is Pasquinel's relationship with Lame Beaver?

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

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

8. In Chapter 4, what happens after Lame Beaver kills the two chiefs?

9. What does John Skimmerhorn do when he meets up with Lost Eagle's tribe in Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the decline of agriculture as it is depicted in this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the roles of Native Americans to the roles of white people in "Centennial." What is revealed through these roles?

Essay Topic 3

What role do women in play in this novel? How do they help to develop the plot?

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