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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 44 – 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Peter’s wife go after their sons leave for the war in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) New York.
(b) Houston.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Oxford.

2. What year is described in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1950.

3. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) April 6, 1917.
(b) July 22, 1917.
(c) July 4, 1917.
(d) March 2, 1836.

4. What year is Chapter Forty-nine set in?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1911.
(d) 2012.

5. Who does Peter claim “has stopped tending his crops and is instead driving around on his tractor, charging ten dollars (a week’s wages) to pull stuck trucks out of bogholes in the drilling fields” in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) Pedro Garcia.
(b) Grover Deshields.
(c) Niles Gilbert.
(d) Bill Hollis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Eli say that their commission as Rangers ran out in Chapter Forty-six?

2. Who is Jeanne’s business partner that has moved into Hank’s office in Chapter Forty-seven?

3. Who does Peter describe as renting out his pig stall for eighty dollars a week in Chapter Forty-five?

4. Who is the cook at the McCullough ranch in Chapter Twenty-four?

5. On what date did the United States declare war upon Germany in World War I?

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