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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gus plant to do with Lorena when they get to Clara's?
(a) He plans to marry Lorena.
(b) He plans to introduce her properly.
(c) He plans to leave her in Ogallala.
(d) He plans for her to wait in the tent.

2. Where does Clara want Call to bury Gus?
(a) Next to her boys
(b) Where they had the picnic the last time she saw Gus
(c) In Ogallala
(d) In Clara's orchard

3. Why does July go back to Dodge City?
(a) To get a job
(b) To write another letter to Peach
(c) To find a doctor
(d) To buy another horse

4. What troubles Deets about the tracks he finds leading away from the fight with Wilbarger?
(a) One of the horses belongs to Jake.
(b) The tracks lead to the Trail of Tears.
(c) The tracks split up, and he does not know which to follow.
(d) One of the horses belongs to Blue Duck.

5. Who decides not to visit the prostitutes after all?
(a) Ben
(b) Pete
(c) Newt
(d) Jimmy

6. Who dies at Clara's ranch?
(a) Cholo
(b) July
(c) Lorena
(d) Bob

7. What do the boys do differently to cross the Canadian?
(a) Make floatation devices to float across the river
(b) Pack mud all over their skin to deter the snakes
(c) Ride naked to keep their clothes dry
(d) Switch positions so the most experienced hands are at the rear

8. Who is Gus surprised to see at Clara's?
(a) Bob
(b) July
(c) Sally
(d) Cholo

9. What does Lorena decide?
(a) That she will stay in Ogallala
(b) To marry Dish
(c) To make Gus forget about Clara
(d) To go to San Francisco on her own

10. Who does Gus ask to watch Lorena while he goes to Wilbarger?
(a) Pea Eye
(b) Dish
(c) Soupy
(d) Newt

11. Where do Pea Eye and Gus go scouting, which is as far north as most of the men know?
(a) Musselshell River
(b) Missouri River
(c) Milk River
(d) Yellowstone River

12. Who will Elmira not talk to when he comes to visit?
(a) July
(b) Luke
(c) Big Zwey
(d) Dee Boot

13. Why does Gus invite Newt to have coffee with him and Lorena?
(a) Newt's horse, Mouse, had to be shot and Gus wants to console him
(b) Gus wants to tell Newt that Call is his father.
(c) Gus wants to talk to Newt about Jake.
(d) Lorena was starting to act friendly.

14. What do Clara's daughters fear Clara will do?
(a) Scare July off by being too stern
(b) Go to Ogallala without them
(c) Move to town when Bob dies
(d) Marry July when Bob dies

15. What does Clara do to help July make up his mind?
(a) She yells at him.
(b) She writes a letter.
(c) She sings to him.
(d) She drops Martin in his lap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus tell Newt while Call carves the sign for Deets?

2. What does Elmira risk on her journey?

3. Who does Jake hook up with in Fort Worth?

4. Who helps ease Newt's mind about Jake?

5. Who gets knocked unconscious by a soldier?

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