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

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

3. What does Gus tell July to do?
(a) Go back to Fort Smith
(b) Go to Ogallala
(c) Kill Blue Duck
(d) Go find his wife

4. When Newt is finally able to see again, what does he find?
(a) There is no water for miles.
(b) He is alone with some cattle, the main herd nowhere in sight.
(c) Call and Gus are fighting Indians.
(d) The river is so flooded, that they will not be able to cross for days.

5. 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 shoots Gus.
(d) He takes the fifty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ropes the first horse for the O'Brien brothers?

2. Who does Gus ask to watch Lorena while he goes to Wilbarger?

3. How many cattle in all does Gus count?

4. Who did Jake Spoon kill?

5. What does Gus go back to Lonesome Dove to get before leaving for Montana?

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