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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 do Peach and Charlie Barnes want Roscoe to do, once they discover Elmira is gone?
(a) They want him to send July a telegram.
(b) They want him to go after July to tell him his wife is missing.
(c) They want him to quit as deputy.
(d) They want him to wait for July to come home to tell him the bad news.

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

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

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

5. Which of Blue Duck's men want to help Lorena?
(a) Ermoke
(b) Kiowa
(c) Monkey John
(d) Dog Face

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kind of customer does Lorena prefer?

2. Who rescues Roscoe from the bandits?

3. Where does Jake tell Lorena she belongs?

4. What does Jake do when Lorena tells him about Gus and the fifty-dollar poke she says she turned down?

5. Where do Gus and Call plan to look for a new cook?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jake tell Call about he and Lorena tagging along the herd?

5. What does Deets warn Lorena?

6. Why does the bartender at the bar in San Antonio make Gus so mad?

7. What happens to Sean?

8. Not long after Sean's death there is another accident, though not fatal this time. What happens?

9. How does Gus teach the bartender to respect him and Call?

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

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