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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Call's hiring spree has brought the Dry Bean more business than ever. However, what do Lippy and Xavier realize will happen?
(a) They will not have enough liquor for everyone without a trip to San Antonio.
(b) When the crew leaves for Montana, Lonesome Dove will become a ghost town.
(c) The railroad will come next.
(d) One "out of business" sporting woman is not enough for the cowboys.

3. Where does Elmira reluctantly agree to go with two of the whiskey traders?
(a) Ogallala
(b) St. Louis
(c) Fort Smith
(d) Fort Worth

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

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

6. What does Lorena tell Jake about gambling?
(a) That she will come with him
(b) That he should go ahead while she stays in camp
(c) That she hopes he never comes back
(d) That it is against her religion and he must quit

7. What are the O'Brien brothers doing when Deets sees them?
(a) Sleeping
(b) Singing
(c) Fighting the Mexican bandits
(d) Riding horses

8. Who does Roscoe pick up on the way to find July?
(a) Janey
(b) Blue Duck
(c) Louisa
(d) Joe

9. What does Louisa get Roscoe to do when he stops to ask if she has seen July?
(a) Stay for a few days
(b) Remove stumps from her farmland
(c) Get married
(d) Catch a rabbit for dinner

10. How many times has Gus been married?
(a) Twice
(b) None
(c) Three Times
(d) Once

11. What does Janey offer to do when she tells Roscoe that bandits are about to ambush them?
(a) She offers to cook them dinner.
(b) She suggests a short cut around them.
(c) She offers to shoot them.
(d) She offers to run ahead and engage them, so Roscoe can surprise them.

12. Where does Gus stop on the way to find a cook, tears on his cheeks?
(a) Clara's Orchard
(b) Blue Duck's camp
(c) The Texas Capital Building
(d) Buckhorn Saloon

13. Who is Lorena sitting with at the Dry Bean when Dish arrives?
(a) Jasper and Xavier
(b) Gus and Deets
(c) Lippy and Jake
(d) Newt and Pea Eye

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

15. What does Jake do when Lorena refuses to change her plans?
(a) He slaps her.
(b) He apologizes.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He rides away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Newt do, as he watches Sean dying?

3. What does Call do every night, now that he has decided to go to Montana?

4. What is the name of the rich Mexican bandit?

5. Who did Clara marry?

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