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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. How old is Sol in 1892?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eight.

2. Besides wolves, what does the MacIvey family face on Glenda's first cattle drive?
(a) Alligators.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Bears.
(d) Racoons.

3. How does the clerk respond to the amount of money Zech is spending on the land he purchases in Okeechobee?
(a) He is startled.
(b) He is upset.
(c) He is ambivalent.
(d) He is amused.

4. What is Emma doing when she collapses?
(a) Cooking a meal.
(b) Gathering berries.
(c) Picking oranges.
(d) Washing clothes.

5. What does the medicine man in the Seminole village use to remove the bullet?
(a) His teeth.
(b) A knife.
(c) A sharpened piece of wood.
(d) A sharpened rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tawanda react to Zech's marriage?

2. What does Zech plan to do with the land Tobias has worked on?

3. Who insists that Emma be buried back at the homestead?

4. Where does Bonnie die?

5. What causes the trip back from Punta Rassa to be slower in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the price of cattle grown in 1892, and what important land decision does Zech make after the cattle drive?

2. Where do Sol and Bonnie live, and how does Sol store his money?

3. How does Bonnie die?

4. How is the MacIvey story brought full circle in the way the book ends?

5. How does Tobias die?

6. What happens when Sol and Toby meet for the second time?

7. How does Glenda die, and what advice does Zech give to Sol afterward?

8. What is the contrast between Emma and Tobias on Zech's wedding day?

9. What news does Tawanda have for Zech on his visit to the Seminole village after the cattle drive?

10. How does Emma die, and what is Tobias' response?

(see the answer keys)

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