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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animal is Pingo?
(a) A burro.
(b) A horse.
(c) A dog.
(d) A mule.

2. At one point when Håkan is feverish and delusional, he awakens next to what type of dead animal?
(a) A duck.
(b) A bear.
(c) A dog.
(d) A wolf.

3. In what century is the novel In the Distance set?
(a) The 20th.
(b) The 19th.
(c) The 18th.
(d) The 21st.

4. When the convoy hears that there is the aftermath of a massacre up ahead, a group of what type of people have been massacred?
(a) Union organizers.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) Swedes.

5. Which two sons in Håkan's family die from illness?
(a) The middle and the youngest.
(b) The youngest and the eldest.
(c) The two youngest.
(d) The two eldest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What particular medical skill does Lorimer teach to Håkan at the site of the massacre?

3. Lorimer identifies the original owners of the teeth presented to him by the Native Americans as what types of animals?

4. What is Håkan's contribution to the number of dead pillagers at the end of the fight?

5. What substance does Håkan use to protect his skin from the sun?

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