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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 16, Under the Gibbon Moon, The Throbbing Heart of News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the owner of the gas station that the Lands go to on Sunday leave?
(a) October 15.
(b) September 20.
(c) November 25.
(d) December 3.

2. What painter does Reuben think would have done a good job of painting Roxanna by the fire in the Badlands?
(a) Cassatt.
(b) Monet.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Renoir.

3. What does Reuben want for Christmas in 1962?
(a) An American frontier set.
(b) A model rocket.
(c) A Spartacus model.
(d) A Crashmobile.

4. What type of pie does Mrs. DeCuellar serve for breakfast?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Apple.
(c) Strawberry.
(d) Peach.

5. When the Plymouth begins missing, what town are the Lands near?
(a) Grassy Butte.
(b) Cavalier.
(c) Wahalla.
(d) Russell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Jeremiah, Swede, and Reuben spend the night the first night that Davy is in jail?

2. What does the Land family have for breakfast on Swede's birthday?

3. When does Roxanna say that Butch Cassidy died?

4. In Chapter 6, what time does the rain turn to snow?

5. What western author might Jeremiah have enjoyed reading when he was in his late twenties?

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