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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 nationality is Pasquinel?

2. How does Jake Pasquinel die?

3. What does Chapter 2 describe about the mountains?

4. How do Jake and Mike test Levi's bravery in Chapter 6?

5. How old is Mahlon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Pasquinel's relationship with Brockweiss?

2. What happens after Larkin finds gold?

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

4. Why is Larkin interested in Lucinda?

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

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

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

8. How does Skimmerhorn respond to the Native American starvation?

9. Why does John Skimmerhorn hire Nacho as a cook?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the theme of science and scientific development in "Centennial." What role does science play in this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two generations that lived in Centennial and compare and contrast them.

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