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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 1, 1884, through July 31, 1885.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ruben's mother kill herself?
(a) So she won't be captured by Indians.
(b) Because she is in a lot of pain.
(c) Because she wants to be with her husband.
(d) So she won't die of rabies.

2. Why does Sarah not wear the color sunbonnet she has always wanted to?
(a) Her father liked her in a certain color.
(b) She does not have the money.
(c) She gets hand-me-downs from her sister.
(d) She tries to please her mother.

3. Why does Sarah misspell her sickness?
(a) That is how the doctor spelled it.
(b) She has never seen it written.
(c) She prefers her own spelling of the word.
(d) She can't find it in the dictionary.

4. What could Sarah have won in a shooting contest?
(a) A horse.
(b) Some food rations.
(c) Some money.
(d) A rifle.

5. What does the dust on the horizon indicate?
(a) A visitor.
(b) The coming cavalry.
(c) A stampede.
(d) An Indian attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sarah doing when Jimmy proposes?

2. What had one of the slaughterers been doing to Sarah before the event?

3. Where has Jack Elliot been assigned when he is saved by Sarah?

4. What color does Sarah dye all of her clothes after Jimmy dies?

5. What does Sarah fall sick with?

(see the answer key)

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