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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 stole Lorena
(b) That Blue Duck killed Lorena
(c) That Jake has killed someone else
(d) That Jake lost all his money gambling

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

3. What does Xavier NOT offer Lorena to be with her and convince her not to go with Jake?
(a) To marry her
(b) All of the money in his pockets, nearly one hundred dollars
(c) To take her to Galveston, take a boat to California, and buy a restaurant
(d) To tell Gus

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

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

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

7. Who rescues Roscoe from the bandits?
(a) July
(b) Gus
(c) Janey
(d) Wilbarger

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

9. Who tells July that Jake is coming on a cattle drive?
(a) Dee Boot
(b) Roscoe
(c) Wilbarger
(d) Gus

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

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

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

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

14. What does Gus go back to Lonesome Dove to get before leaving for Montana?
(a) Lippy
(b) His jug
(c) His horse
(d) The Hat Creek Cattle Company Sign

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which kind of customer does Lorena prefer?

3. Why does the Hat Creek outfit not have any problems getting the horses from Pedro's camp?

4. What does Deets use to help Jake?

5. Who rides up while Gus is bathing in the river in Lorena and Jake's camp?

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