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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 does Cottonwood Knee die?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) He dies of old age.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is poisoned.

2. How does Leban Asher plan to save the Native Americans from starvation?
(a) Create government rations.
(b) Teach them to farm.
(c) Give them donated food.
(d) Move them to fertile land.

3. In Chapter 4, who does Lame Beaver kill with his stolen bullets?
(a) White men.
(b) Chiefs.
(c) Bison.
(d) No one.

4. Who kills Pasquinel?
(a) A Native American tribe.
(b) Fur traders.
(c) It is unknown.
(d) Enemies of his wife.

5. How does John Skimmerhorn meet Nacho?
(a) He follows the smell of cooking.
(b) He gets lost in the desert.
(c) Nacho asks him for dinner.
(d) Nacho saves him from being robbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how many miles of desert does John Skimmerhorn's group travel across?

2. Why does Sam Purchas suggest Levi sell his horses?

3. How does Jake Pasquinel die?

4. How does Spade Larkin keep his hopes high for finding gold?

5. Why does Elly travel west with Levi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Pasquinel's relationship with Lame Beaver?

2. What happens after Pasquinel dies?

3. Why does Poteet take charge in hiring a team in Chapter 8?

4. What does John Skimmerhorn do when he meets up with Lost Eagle's tribe in Chapter 8?

5. What encounters does John Skimmerhorn's group have with Native Americans in Chapter 8?

6. In Chapter 4, what happens after Lame Beaver kills the two chiefs?

7. What happens to Pasquinel when he tries to return to Saint Louis?

8. During his trip west, what happens when Levi finds the family that was killed by Pawnee?

9. What happens to the first gun Lame Beaver's tribe ever owns?

10. How is Jacques described in Chapter 5?

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