Lonesome Dove Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Lonesome Dove Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Lorena with when Dish goes to see her?
(a) Call
(b) Gus
(c) Jake
(d) Newt

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

3. What is July's main concern about Elmira?
(a) That she left
(b) That she is expecting a baby
(c) That she used to be a prostitute
(d) That she might be ill

4. What wakes Newt from dozing when he was supposed to be watching Lorena?
(a) A cattle stampede
(b) Lorena's screams
(c) Gunfire
(d) Po Campo

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

6. What does Gus realize when Jake comes into the camp?
(a) That Jake lost all his money gambling
(b) That Blue Duck killed Lorena
(c) That Blue Duck stole Lorena
(d) That Jake has killed someone else

7. When the wagon mules bolt, who tries to head them off?
(a) Newt
(b) Lippy
(c) Jim Rainey
(d) Gus

8. What does Jake think about doing with Lorena?
(a) Making her become a prostitute again
(b) Selling her to the Indians
(c) Marrying her
(d) Leaving her in a town somewhere

9. What do Peach and Charlie Barnes want Roscoe to do, once they discover Elmira is gone?
(a) They want him to go after July to tell him his wife is missing.
(b) They want him to wait for July to come home to tell him the bad news.
(c) They want him to send July a telegram.
(d) They want him to quit as deputy.

10. What causes Jake's thumb to get infected?
(a) A mesquite thorn
(b) A scorpion sting
(c) A cactus thorn
(d) A splinter

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

12. What does Call do every night, now that he has decided to go to Montana?
(a) He rounds up free Mexican cattle.
(b) He sleeps peacefully on his feather bed.
(c) He goes to the Dry Bean to get drunk.
(d) He visits Maggie.

13. Where do Gus and Call go after finding a new wagon and mules?
(a) Austin
(b) Clara's Orchard
(c) The Buckhorn saloon
(d) Back to the herd

14. 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 hill
(c) An abandoned building
(d) A creek

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cattle in all does Gus count?

2. What are the O'Brien brothers doing when Deets sees them?

3. How many stragglers does Newt ride past in the dust?

4. What has Elmira told the townspeople about her former husband?

5. Who goes back to Lonesome Dove with the first herd of horses?

(see the answer keys)

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