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

2. What does Call do every night, now that he has decided to go to Montana?
(a) He visits Maggie.
(b) He sleeps peacefully on his feather bed.
(c) He goes to the Dry Bean to get drunk.
(d) He rounds up free Mexican cattle.

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

4. What does Jake forget to do before the storm?
(a) Set up camp
(b) Stay under the trees
(c) Hobble the horses
(d) Get his jug

5. Where do Gus and Call go after finding a new wagon and mules?
(a) Clara's Orchard
(b) Back to the herd
(c) The Buckhorn saloon
(d) Austin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells July that Jake is coming on a cattle drive?

2. Who decides to quit and return to Lonesome Dove?

3. What does Lorena want Jake to do with the fifty dollars?

4. What does Jake insist on if they are going to travel with the herd?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elmira feel about July? Why?

2. Why is Gus not trying to hide the horses they brought back from Mexico?

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

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

5. How does Elmira react to the news that July is going to find Jake Spoon?

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

7. What does Gus fear concerning Lorena now that Jake Spoon is in town?

8. What does Gus notice about the first forty horses that makes him laugh?

9. What worries Deets about the trip to Montana?

10. How does Jake respond when Gus comes into Jake and Lorena's camp?

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