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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 animal does Håkan describe as having a head completely out of proportion with its body?
(a) A musk ox.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A tortoise.
(d) A roadrunner.

2. What does Håkan lose "in a matter of days" (22)?
(a) His fear.
(b) Three of his teeth.
(c) His memory of Linus.
(d) The hair on his head.

3. Which member of the Brennan family makes a map of the United States and gives it to Håkan?
(a) James.
(b) Owen.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Eileen.

4. Before Håkan can enact his plan to escape from the clutches of the dragoon and the rest, who sets him free?
(a) The fat man.
(b) The woman.
(c) The dragoon.
(d) The highway robber.

5. What happens after Håkan kills 6 of the pillagers with his gun?
(a) He rides off on one of the pillager's horses.
(b) He stays in the wagon and holds Helen's corpse.
(c) He starts killing pillagers with anything he can find.
(d) He loses consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the "amputee warrior" (91) who devotes himself completely to Lorimer after his recovery?

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

3. The Brennans are surprised by what aspect of the prices they encounter once on land?

4. Which two sons in Håkan's family die from illness?

5. When Håkan comes upon a caravan train of travelers, he thinks to himself that which character had been right about caravans?

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