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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gemma ask to go and fetch the coroner after Jules dies in her house?
(a) Rye.
(b) Gig.
(c) Her neighbors the Carvers' son.
(d) Her husband Dominick.

2. Who comes to see Rye at Mrs. Ricci's in Chapter 13?
(a) Clegg.
(b) Ursula the Great.
(c) Gurley.
(d) Edith.

3. Who wrote the book The Plover, a quote from which Walter begins Part I?
(a) Brian Doyle.
(b) Seamus Heaney.
(c) Amy Pallet.
(d) Rinaldo Bravero.

4. How did Gig's and Rye's mother die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) From cancer.
(c) From tuberculosis.
(d) From influenza.

5. Which cop beat Jules up badly when he would not tell him information about Early Reston?
(a) Sullivan.
(b) McLaggan.
(c) Clegg.
(d) Henries.

6. Who is one of the thieves who stole the pelts from the Scots?
(a) Riley.
(b) Farrington.
(c) Henries.
(d) Bonin.

7. What words does Rye's lawyer use to get him out of jail but that sting Rye's ego?
(a) Shiftless wastrel and poor indigent.
(b) Itinerant and wayward.
(c) Young and foolish.
(d) Tramp and heavy.

8. What organization has Gig just joined in Part I?
(a) The Molly MgGuires.
(b) The IWW.
(c) The Spokane Police.
(d) The Coal Miner's Club.

9. What did Elizabeth Gurley Flynn say would make America a paradise on earth?
(a) Clean water.
(b) If it belonged to the people, not to a small owning class.
(c) Universal health insurance.
(d) Freedom from racism.

10. Where do Rye and Gig wake up in Chapter 1?
(a) The Salvation Army.
(b) A cold porch.
(c) Jail.
(d) A ballfield.

11. What animal is in the act of the woman Gig falls into a romance with?
(a) A cheetah.
(b) A lion.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A cougar.

12. Where did the narrator of the section titled The Kid, 1864, ride out of with Bonin?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Idaho.
(d) New York.

13. What deal does Ursula the Great make with Brand?
(a) She makes him sign a document promising to marry her in five years.
(b) She negotiates for a percentage of the ticket sale profits.
(c) She buys a stake of ownership in one of his hotels.
(d) She asks for part ownership in one of his mines.

14. What is the name of the man who helps Gig and Rye escape the police?
(a) Francis Ward.
(b) Del Dalveaux.
(c) Lemuel Brand.
(d) Early Reston.

15. What languages did Jules speak in his youth but lose some of later on?
(a) Salish and Sahaptin.
(b) Italian and Spanish.
(c) French and German.
(d) Russian and English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gig call Spokane?

2. What is Acting Police Chief Sullivan known for?

3. How much time does Fred Moore say the authorities are seeking to charge Gig with serving for his supposed crimes in Part II?

4. Why does Rye get out of jail earlier than most of the other men?

5. What does Gemma remember Jules used to say about the two of them?

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