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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one commodity Håkan deems to be generally impossible to buy in America?
(a) Horses.
(b) Wine.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Sugar.

2. Asa tells Håkan that the two of them will eventually set sail from what city toward New York City?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Miami.
(c) Boston.
(d) Sacramento.

3. What is NOT a subject Lorimer says he had studied in college?
(a) Botany.
(b) Biology.
(c) Zoology.
(d) Philosophy.

4. The music from what type of instrument draws Håkan toward the Indian lodges?
(a) A flute.
(b) An organ.
(c) A drum.
(d) A rattle.

5. By whose hand have the people been massacred when the convoy hears about them up ahead?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Africans.
(c) White settlers.
(d) Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction does Lorimer go when he parts ways with Håkan?

2. Which character falls ill with fever in Chapter 7?

3. Håkan mentally describes the sheriff as "the man with the" (165) what?

4. Jarvis is particularly interested in which aspect of Håkan's past?

5. What weapons are the armed men brandishing when they confront Håkan in the street?

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