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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tristan do to the officer?
(a) He yells at him.
(b) He beats him nearly to death.
(c) He shoots him.
(d) He tries to strangle him.

2. After making the ivory delivery, what does Tristan agree to transport to San Francisco?
(a) Guns.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Seafood.

3. Just after the stock market crash, Tristan, Isabel Two, Decker, and two ranch hands make a trip to deliver what?
(a) Hogs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Opium.

4. They stop for the night at a homesteader's home where Samuel does what?
(a) Meets his future wife.
(b) Helps with the farming.
(c) Becomes friends with the homesteader.
(d) Takes an interest in the man's daughter.

5. Nordstrom adds the next room to his suite and does what?
(a) Invites guests over for a party.
(b) Takes a nap.
(c) Calls Laura.
(d) Watches television.

6. What alerts Nordstrom to Berto's entrance?
(a) He hears his spoon and beer can alarm.
(b) He hears Berto's voice.
(c) He hears his door open.
(d) He see Berto in the mirror.

7. Captain Ludlow makes Tristan cooperate with the British war mission for what reason?
(a) So they will be paid.
(b) So they will survive.
(c) So they can get a new ship.
(d) So they can keep the ship.

8. Tristan smuggles whiskey through the wilderness and makes a __________ profit.
(a) Large.
(b) Mediocre.
(c) Decent.
(d) Small.

9. Susannah's father, Arthur, comes to Montana for a sporting expedition and buys what as a wedding present?
(a) New stallions.
(b) A herd of horses.
(c) The neighboring ranch.
(d) A house in town.

10. About what does Isabel think regarding one of her sons?
(a) Where he is.
(b) Why he decided to go to war.
(c) Her damaged relationship with him.
(d) When he will return home.

11. Where does Ludlow's wife, Isabel, spend her winters?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Baltimore.

12. Tristan and Susannah marry before Samuel's funeral against whose wishes?
(a) His father's wishes.
(b) Her mother's wishes.
(c) His mother's wishes.
(d) His own wishes.

13. What happens when the officers shoot their rifles into the air aimlessly?
(a) One bullet ricochets and kills Isabel Two.
(b) One bullet ricochets and injures Isabel Two.
(c) One bullet ricochets and injures Tristan.
(d) One bullet ricochets and injures One Stab.

14. Tristan comes down with dysentery in dangerous seas and barely escapes with both his life and the ship. His fevers make him delirious. He stands on the bowspirit and hallucinates what?
(a) That he sees both Samuel and Susannah.
(b) That he sees Isabel Two.
(c) That he sees his mother and brothers.
(d) That he sees Susannah.

15. Nordstrom goes to the ceremony and reception for Sonia's college graduation and is somehow surprised about what?
(a) To see so many of Sonia's friends.
(b) Being sad at the party.
(c) Not knowing anyone.
(d) To see Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tristan finally tells Susannah of his plans to meet his grandfather where?

2. For what is Susannah waiting that helps her improve again?

3. Where does Tristan take a leave?

4. How does Alfred end up in the hospital?

5. Where does Nordstrom want to be?

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