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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. How does Gus feel about going to Montana?
(a) He would rather go back to Tennessee.
(b) It sounds like too much work.
(c) He can go for a spell, and if he does not like it, he can always come back.
(d) He cannot wait to get started.

2. When Newt walks back to the wagon, who does he see first?
(a) Po Campo
(b) Pea Eye
(c) Jake
(d) Call

3. What is Deets looking for when he finds Lorena and Jake?
(a) A place for the herd to cross the river
(b) Call's watch
(c) Lorena's horse
(d) His calvary cap

4. Who gets trapped beneath the wagon in the river?
(a) Lippy
(b) Newt
(c) Gus
(d) Jim Rainey

5. What does Roscoe suggest has happened to Elmira?
(a) She was taken by buffalo hunters.
(b) She followed July.
(c) She left on a whiskey boat.
(d) She was taken by a bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ropes the first horse for the O'Brien brothers?

2. What has Elmira told the townspeople about her former husband?

3. What wakes Newt from dozing when he was supposed to be watching Lorena?

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

5. What does Janey do whenever Roscoe meets anyone on the trail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jake call himself a fool?

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

4. What upsets Call when Jake tells him his and Lorena's plans?

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

6. What does Gus want to know about July as they go to Blue Duck's camp?

7. What does Lorena ask Dish when he arrives at the Dry Bean? How does it make Dish feel?

8. Why does Blue Duck show so little interest in Lorena?

9. What does Deets warn Lorena?

10. What worries Deets about the trip to Montana?

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