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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. In Chapter 3, what animal does the narrator say the bison encountered?

2. What does Pasquinel arm himself with while waiting for the Rude Water tribe to show up with his pelts?

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

4. How old is Mahlon?

5. What do the Rude Water tribe do to Pasquinel's boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Levi prepare to head west?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 1, what task is Dr. Lewis Vernor asked to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Levi's role in founding Centennial. How is Levi representative of new beginnings?

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

Compare the farmers to the ranchers. Why did these groups fight? What message is the author presenting in these arguments?

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