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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Their father's Cheyenne friend, ____________, guides the brothers through the Montana wilderness.
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) One Stab.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) One Heart.

2. Alfred secretly loves Susannah. When he comes to visit, how does Susannah react to him?
(a) She flirts with him.
(b) She hardly notices him.
(c) She falls in love with him.
(d) She ignores him.

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

4. He writes in his journal, thinking again about what?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Becoming a cook.
(c) Quitting and giving away all his money.
(d) Laura.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sarah returns, what does she present to Nordstrom?

2. Who does Ludlow insist on tutoring?

3. Nordstrom tells the psychiatrist that he wants to be like who?

4. Nordstrom's financial adviser insists that Nordstrom see who?

5. Just after the stock market crash, Tristan, Isabel Two, Decker, and two ranch hands make a trip to deliver what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when most of the people have left the dinner?

2. What happens once Alfred arrives?

3. Why does Ludlow send One Stab to Helena?

4. How does this story end?

5. What does Tristan do during the six years he spends at sea?

6. What does Nordstrom write in his diary?

7. What does Tristan do to two of the Irishmen that are out to kill him?

8. Why does Tristan marry Susannah? How does Susannah seem to feel about him? How do you know this?

9. What happens when Tristan comes down with dysentery?

10. How does a woman end up with Samuel's gold pocket watch?

(see the answer keys)

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