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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Hat Creek outfit not have any problems getting the horses from Pedro's camp?
(a) Pedro's men are in Texas, stealing horses.
(b) Pedro's men have all been hung as horse thieves.
(c) Pedro's men are all asleep.
(d) The Hat Creek boys are so quiet that no one notices them.

2. Who ropes the second horse for the O'Brien brothers?
(a) Newt
(b) Deets
(c) Dish
(d) Call

3. The morning after the storm, who is missing?
(a) Allen
(b) Lippy
(c) Gus
(d) Newt

4. What was the name of the livestock business?
(a) The Hat Creek Cattle Company
(b) The Texas Rangers
(c) The Dry Bean Saloon
(d) Lonesome Dove

5. What does Jake want to borrow from Call?
(a) A horse
(b) Ten dollars
(c) His hat
(d) A dress for Lorena

6. Who brought Lorena to Lonesome Dove?
(a) Tinkersley
(b) Gus
(c) Pea Eye
(d) Bolivar

7. How many stragglers does Newt ride past in the dust?
(a) Eighteen hundred head
(b) Four thousand head
(c) Thirty-five head
(d) Twenty-six hundred head

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

9. Maggie told Gus _____ was Newt's father?
(a) Gus
(b) Pea Eye
(c) Jake
(d) Call

10. What does Gus warn Lorena that Jake will do?
(a) Go to San Antonio for gambling
(b) Offer to take her on the cattle drive instead of going to San Francisco
(c) Sell her to the Indians
(d) Use the cattle drive to Montana as an excuse to leave her

11. Who goes back to Lonesome Dove with the first herd of horses?
(a) Call, Pea Eye, and Newt
(b) Gus, Call, and Pea Eye
(c) Jake, Dish and Deets
(d) Sean and Allen O'Brien

12. What does Louisa want from Roscoe?
(a) To let her come with him
(b) To marry her and help with the farm
(c) A child
(d) To help her find her husband

13. Where does Jake tell Gus that he and Lorena are now headed?
(a) San Antonio
(b) Lonesome Dove
(c) San Francisco
(d) Denver

14. What does Janey do whenever Roscoe meets anyone on the trail?
(a) She gets on his horse with him.
(b) She shoots her gun.
(c) She hides.
(d) She talks to the strangers.

15. When Newt walks back to the wagon, who does he see first?
(a) Pea Eye
(b) Jake
(c) Call
(d) Po Campo

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who returned during breakfast?

3. Where do Gus and Call plan to look for a new cook?

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

5. What does Call think has happened to Newt?

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