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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 30-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake forget to do before the storm?
(a) Set up camp
(b) Stay under the trees
(c) Hobble the horses
(d) Get his jug

2. What does Dish suggest to Jasper as they leave the Dry Bean together?
(a) He should go to San Antonio to get a job.
(b) He should kill Jake.
(c) He should hire on with the Hat Creek Cattle Company.
(d) He should find another sporting woman.

3. How many stragglers does Newt ride past in the dust?
(a) Thirty-five head
(b) Four thousand head
(c) Twenty-six hundred head
(d) Eighteen hundred head

4. Call's hiring spree has brought the Dry Bean more business than ever. However, what do Lippy and Xavier realize will happen?
(a) The railroad will come next.
(b) When the crew leaves for Montana, Lonesome Dove will become a ghost town.
(c) They will not have enough liquor for everyone without a trip to San Antonio.
(d) One "out of business" sporting woman is not enough for the cowboys.

5. What assignment in the cattle drive goes to Dish, the top hand?
(a) The drags
(b) Back up
(c) Scouting nightly bed and water for the herd
(d) Right Point

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning after the storm, who is missing?

2. What does Call do every night, now that he has decided to go to Montana?

3. What does Jake want to borrow from Call?

4. What does Deets use to help Jake?

5. Who sings a mournful ballad to the cattle?

(see the answer key)

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