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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. What does Rose find to be the fastest and best way to rid herself of her terrible migraines?
(a) A hearty breakfast.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Therapy sessions.
(d) Long walks.

2. How is Phil’s favorite shack and swimming hole camouflaged?
(a) Several hills.
(b) Overgrown willows.
(c) A large, high fence.
(d) Thick bushes.

3. What is Phil’s response when George apologizes for speaking so roughly to him?
(a) Thank you for the apology.
(b) He hugs George.
(c) He is ignores George.
(d) The two of them can keep their apologies.

4. How many calves does Phil brand in the spring?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 3,000.

5. What reservation rule does Edward Nappo break?
(a) No firearms are permitted.
(b) No dancing is permitted.
(c) No alcohol is permitted.
(d) No commercial business is permitted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a reason why Phil cannot understand why men go to great lengths to get “a piece of tail”?

2. How does Phil respond to Rose and Peter's improper dinner behavior?

3. What are the reasons given for why the elder Burbanks would throw dinner parties for local ranchers?

4. What does the Governor’s wife wonder out loud to her husband?

5. What important role would Edward have, if they had stayed on their land?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edward Nappo break the reservation rules?

2. As the Governor and wife return home from the dinner with George and Rose, what do they both think about the dinner and Rose, in particular?

3. What does Rose do to feel a bit more like herself in Chapter VII?

4. How does Peter defy dinner table protocol?

5. Why is the Governor's wife jealous of Rose?

6. How does Phil react to Peter's arrival at the ranch?

7. What prevents Edward and his son from seeing their land and Edward’s father’s grave?

8. How does Rose's piano playing go at the Governor's dinner? Why?

9. Why does Phil think that George is no smarter than the young cowhands?

10. How does Rose feel about Phil's disappearance during the Governor's dinner?

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