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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Newt do, as he watches Sean dying?
(a) He yells at Deets for choosing a bad crossing.
(b) He rides away.
(c) He cries.
(d) He sings.

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

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

4. Who gets trapped beneath the wagon in the river?
(a) Gus
(b) Newt
(c) Jim Rainey
(d) Lippy

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

6. Who did Clara marry?
(a) Pea Eye
(b) Jake Spoon
(c) Bob Allen
(d) Gus

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

8. What does Jake insist on if they are going to travel with the herd?
(a) She must help cook the meals along the way.
(b) They must make their own camp instead of camping with the cowboys.
(c) She cannot offer her services to the cowboys.
(d) They must stop in San Antonio for gambling.

9. How does Gus feel about going to Montana?
(a) He cannot wait to get started.
(b) He can go for a spell, and if he does not like it, he can always come back.
(c) It sounds like too much work.
(d) He would rather go back to Tennessee.

10. What is Deets looking for when he finds Lorena and Jake?
(a) His calvary cap
(b) Call's watch
(c) A place for the herd to cross the river
(d) Lorena's horse

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

12. Where is Jake when Gus comes into the Dry Bean and finds Lorena alone?
(a) He is fishing with Xavier.
(b) He is gambling in San Antonio.
(c) He is branding cattle at the ranch.
(d) He is upstairs sleeping.

13. What has Elmira told the townspeople about her former husband?
(a) He died of smallpox.
(b) She was never married.
(c) He went North.
(d) He was killed by Indians.

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

15. Where does Gus think Blue Duck is headed with Lorena?
(a) Adobe Walls
(b) The Valley of Tears
(c) Ogallala
(d) San Francisco

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Call think has happened to Newt?

2. Who decides to quit and return to Lonesome Dove?

3. Where does Elmira reluctantly agree to go with two of the whiskey traders?

4. What do Peach and Charlie Barnes want Roscoe to do, once they discover Elmira is gone?

5. What does Louisa want from Roscoe?

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