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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. Which kind of customer does Lorena prefer?
(a) Piano players
(b) Younger cowboys
(c) Saloon owners
(d) Older cowboys

2. What does Janey offer to do when she tells Roscoe that bandits are about to ambush them?
(a) She offers to shoot them.
(b) She offers to cook them dinner.
(c) She suggests a short cut around them.
(d) She offers to run ahead and engage them, so Roscoe can surprise them.

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

4. What wakes Newt from dozing when he was supposed to be watching Lorena?
(a) Po Campo
(b) A cattle stampede
(c) Gunfire
(d) Lorena's screams

5. Who does Roscoe pick up on the way to find July?
(a) Blue Duck
(b) Janey
(c) Louisa
(d) Joe

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. How many times has Gus been married?

3. What did Call give Newt in honor of his first trip to Mexico to round up livestock?

4. Who is the only whiskey trader who talks to Elmira?

5. Where do Gus and Call go after finding a new wagon and mules?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Deets warn Lorena?

9. What does Gus understand about the constant talk of Sean's death?

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

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