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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. Why does John Skimmerhorn worry about traveling to Texas in Chapter 8?

2. How does Cottonwood Knee die?

3. What ends Pasquinel's partnership with McKeag?

4. How does Oliver Seccumbe plan to get a large piece of land?

5. Where is Dr. Lewis Vernor a professor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Oliver Seccumbe propose to Levi in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Levi prepare to head west?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two farming methods described in "Centennial." How successful are they? What types of people do they attract? How do they represent this?

Essay Topic 3

Trace the development of the United States throughout this novel. How does what happens in Centennial reflect the rest of the country?

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