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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. How many cattle in all does Gus count?
(a) Four thousand head
(b) Twenty-six hundred head
(c) Thirty five head
(d) Eighteen hundred head

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

3. Why did Call let the men stop working early the day Jake returns?
(a) He wants them to rest before going to Mexico for the night to round up horses.
(b) He wants them to dig a well the next day.
(c) It is a holiday.
(d) He wants to get drunk with Jake.

4. Who is Lorena sitting with at the Dry Bean when Dish arrives?
(a) Jasper and Xavier
(b) Newt and Pea Eye
(c) Gus and Deets
(d) Lippy and Jake

5. What did Call give Newt in honor of his first trip to Mexico to round up livestock?
(a) A watch
(b) The true story of his father
(c) A gun and holster
(d) A horse

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lorena with when Dish goes to see her?

2. Where does Jake tell Lorena she belongs?

3. Gus's sign told customers "We don't _______"?

4. How does Gus feel about going to Montana?

5. Who sings a mournful ballad to the cattle?

(see the answer key)

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