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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. How do the farmers react to Walter Bellamy's warning in Chapter 13?

2. How does Buckford assume he will be able to run his cattle business?

3. Who does Seccumbe confide in about his poor bookkeeping skills in Chapter 10?

4. What school does Phillip go away to?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Hans Brumbaugh realize about the gold seekers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hans Brumbaugh decide to start a farm in Chapter 9?

2. What happens when sheep appear on the ranch in Chapter 10?

3. What happens as soon as the Wendells arrive in Centennial?

4. What problems do the dust storms cause in Centennial?

5. What happens to Clemma in Saint Louis?

6. What happens when farmers buy tracts of land from Levi?

7. Why can't Dumire complete his investigation of Soren Sorenson's death?

8. What is the appeal behind dry farming?

9. What happens when Levi finds the giant bone in Chapter 9?

10. What happens to Jim after he asks Clemma to marry him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lame Beaver come to achieve his status? Analyze Lame Beaver's status in his tribe and the outside world. How does this help and hinder his tribe?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the descriptions of Native American customs and beliefs are used as symbolic representations of the white man's world.

Essay Topic 3

What is symbolic about hunting in this novel? What does hunting represent? How are people who hunt described?

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