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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. Who shoots Dumire in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 10, why does Levi's brother send Levi a letter?

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

4. How does Maude kill Soren Sorenson?

5. Who does Finlay Perkin threaten to turn Seccumbe into in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Finlay Perkin threaten to ruin Seccumbe?

2. How does Charlotte stop Clemma from interfering with her marriage to Jim?

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

4. In Chapter 12, how does Charlotte interfere with Skimmerhorn's career?

5. Why does Alex Dumire come to Centennial?

6. What happens of Soren Sorenson's body?

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

8. What happens when Buckford brings his daughter to Colorado for the first time?

9. What happens to Clemma in Saint Louis?

10. Why does Jim plan to kill the Pettis boys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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