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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 46-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is July's main concern about Elmira?
(a) That she used to be a prostitute
(b) That she might be ill
(c) That she left
(d) That she is expecting a baby

3. What does Xavier NOT offer Lorena to be with her and convince her not to go with Jake?
(a) To marry her
(b) To take her to Galveston, take a boat to California, and buy a restaurant
(c) To tell Gus
(d) All of the money in his pockets, nearly one hundred dollars

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) One "out of business" sporting woman is not enough for the cowboys.
(c) They will not have enough liquor for everyone without a trip to San Antonio.
(d) When the crew leaves for Montana, Lonesome Dove will become a ghost town.

5. What unusual food does Po Campo make?
(a) Fried earthworms
(b) Roadrunner eggs
(c) Honey-covered ants
(d) Fried grasshoppers

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Newt from dozing when he was supposed to be watching Lorena?

2. Who ropes the second horse for the O'Brien brothers?

3. Who insists that July follow Jake Spoon?

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

5. Who is Lorena sitting with at the Dry Bean when Dish arrives?

(see the answer key)

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