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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. Who was Lorena with when Dish goes to see her?
(a) Call
(b) Gus
(c) Newt
(d) Jake

2. How did Elmira actually leave?
(a) She rode Memphis out of town at night.
(b) She took a stagecoach.
(c) She left on the whiskey boat.
(d) She took the train.

3. What do Peach and Charlie Barnes want Roscoe to do, once they discover Elmira is gone?
(a) They want him to quit as deputy.
(b) They want him to send July a telegram.
(c) They want him to wait for July to come home to tell him the bad news.
(d) They want him to go after July to tell him his wife is missing.

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

5. What does Jake do when Lorena tells him about Gus and the fifty-dollar poke she says she turned down?
(a) He takes the fifty dollars.
(b) He cries.
(c) He shoots Gus.
(d) He slaps her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Newt walks back to the wagon, who does he see first?

2. What does Louisa want from Roscoe?

3. What does Gus offer for "a poke" regardless of whether Lorena wins at cutting the cards or not?

4. Call's hiring spree has brought the Dry Bean more business than ever. However, what do Lippy and Xavier realize will happen?

5. With whom does Newt bond, becoming fast friends?

(see the answer key)

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