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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who goes back to Lonesome Dove with the first herd of horses?
(a) Call, Pea Eye, and Newt
(b) Jake, Dish and Deets
(c) Gus, Call, and Pea Eye
(d) Sean and Allen O'Brien

4. What does Jake do when Lorena refuses to change her plans?
(a) He rides away.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He slaps her.
(d) He apologizes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Deets looking for when he finds Lorena and Jake?

5. How many cattle in all does Gus count?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Lorena and Jake during the storm?

2. What does Gus do after the battle with Blue Duck's men?

3. What bothers Call about the first four boys he hires, who are all younger than eighteen?

4. What does Elmira decide to do after the whiskey boat?

5. What did Jake Spoon talk about at breakfast that interested Call and Gus?

6. What bothers Newt most about the crew's negative remarks about Jake?

7. What worries Deets about the trip to Montana?

8. What happens to Sean?

9. What does July decide to do first after getting the telegram from Peach?

10. Why does Jake call himself a fool?

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