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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. Who gets knocked unconscious by a soldier?
(a) Ben
(b) Call
(c) Newt
(d) Dish

2. Where does July finally see people after so many days?
(a) Clara's ranch
(b) Ogallala
(c) The Republican River
(d) The Hat Creek cattle drive

3. Who waits loyally for Elmira to regain consciousness?
(a) Big Zwey
(b) July
(c) Dee Boot
(d) Luke

4. Where is Dee when Elmira finally finds him?
(a) In jail
(b) On the gallows
(c) At a ranch
(d) In a saloon

5. What does the Suggs brothers gang do to the farmer they meet?
(a) Take his son as part of the gang
(b) Kill him and his family
(c) Tie he and his family up and leave them for the animals
(d) Take what little money he has and destroy his sod house

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Blue Duck?

2. Who do Call and Gus NOT bury?

3. Why does Dan kill the farmers?

4. How long has Gus been gone when he returns to Lorena?

5. What does Gus tell July to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does July offer Gus?

2. What does Sally think of Jake when she hears the rumors?

3. What does Clara suggest to Lorena?

4. What happens to July near the Republican River?

5. What does Blue Duck tell Call?

6. What does July tell Peach is his letter to her?

7. Why is Po Campo not as excited about reaching Ogallala as the rest of the crew?

8. What is one of the last things Gus does after Call arrives?

9. Jake asks the Suggs brothers gang about Blue Duck. What do they tell him?

10. What happens between Dish and Dixon?

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