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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gus warn Lorena that Jake will do?
(a) Sell her to the Indians
(b) Go to San Antonio for gambling
(c) Offer to take her on the cattle drive instead of going to San Francisco
(d) Use the cattle drive to Montana as an excuse to leave her

3. Where does Jake tell Lorena she belongs?
(a) Lonesome Dove
(b) San Francisco
(c) Gladewater
(d) San Antonio

4. What does Blue Duck do with Lorena when the men fail to kill Gus?
(a) He kills her.
(b) He sets her free.
(c) He takes her to Adobe Walls.
(d) He gives her to the Kiowa.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 stop in San Antonio for gambling.
(c) They must make their own camp instead of camping with the cowboys.
(d) She cannot offer her services to the cowboys.

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

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

13. What was the name of Call's horse?
(a) Bolivar
(b) Maggie
(c) Mouse
(d) Hell Bitch

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

15. What did Gus give Dish outside the saloon?
(a) A deck of cards
(b) Two dollars
(c) A horse
(d) A job

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jake Spoon kill?

2. How many cattle in all does Gus count?

3. What does Dish suggest to Jasper as they leave the Dry Bean together?

4. Maggie told Gus _____ was Newt's father?

5. What does Gus offer for "a poke" regardless of whether Lorena wins at cutting the cards or not?

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