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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters 72-74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gus sees a cloud approaching. What does it turn out to be?
(a) A swarm of grasshoppers
(b) Indians
(c) A dust storm
(d) Wilbarger's cattle drive

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

3. What does Roscoe suggest has happened to Elmira?
(a) She left on a whiskey boat.
(b) She was taken by buffalo hunters.
(c) She was taken by a bear.
(d) She followed July.

4. Who ropes the first horse for the O'Brien brothers?
(a) Gus
(b) Dish
(c) Newt
(d) Pea Eye

5. What does Gus find to use as cover from the attacking Kiowas?
(a) A depression in the ground from where a buffalo rolled
(b) A creek
(c) An abandoned building
(d) A hill

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists that July follow Jake Spoon?

2. Who helps Roscoe when he fears he will not even find Texas?

3. What is July's main concern about Elmira?

4. Who rescues Roscoe from the bandits?

5. Who did Clara marry?

(see the answer key)

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