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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who ropes the first horse for the O'Brien brothers?
(a) Pea Eye
(b) Gus
(c) Newt
(d) Dish

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

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

6. Who rides up while Gus is bathing in the river in Lorena and Jake's camp?
(a) Jake
(b) Deets
(c) Willie Montgomery
(d) Blue Duck

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

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

9. Who is the only whiskey trader who talks to Elmira?
(a) Roscoe
(b) Jake
(c) Charlie
(d) Fowler

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

11. What does Blue Duck want his men to do?
(a) Steal some horses
(b) Leave him alone
(c) Kill some buffalo
(d) Kill Gus

12. What is the name of Roscoe's horse?
(a) Joe
(b) Hell Bitch
(c) Mouse
(d) Memphis

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

14. What river do Lorena and Jake reach before the herd?
(a) Nueces River
(b) Red River
(c) Mississippi River
(d) Yellowstone River

15. With whom does Newt bond, becoming fast friends?
(a) Jake Spoon
(b) Woodrow Call
(c) Sean O'Brien
(d) Gus McCrae

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning after the storm, who is missing?

2. What does Gus warn Lorena that Jake will do?

3. What does Gus find to use as cover from the attacking Kiowas?

4. Knowing that Gus is right and Jake will not take Lorena to San Francisco, where does Jake plan to take her instead?

5. When the wagon mules bolt, who tries to head them off?

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