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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 Clemma tell Jim after they meet again in Chapter 10?
(a) That she might marry him.
(b) That she wants him to marry Charlotte.
(c) That she is moving back to Colorada the following week.
(d) That she will not go home with him.

2. Who is Beely Garret's father?
(a) The first cattle rancher in Centennial.
(b) The first doctor in Centennial.
(c) The first lawer in Centennial.
(d) The first sheep herder in Centennial.

3. What does Dumire assume about Soren Sorenson when he hears he is missing?
(a) That he left for good.
(b) That he is looking for land.
(c) That he has been captured.
(d) That he has been murdered.

4. Where does Tranquilino Marquez say he was forced to work?
(a) The strawberry farm.
(b) The slaughter house.
(c) The jail.
(d) The mines.

5. How does Seccumbe die?
(a) Illness.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He is shot.
(d) Starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maude kill Soren Sorenson?

2. What does Walter Bellamy warn causes soil erosion in Chapter 13?

3. What does Hans Brumbaugh do to the land he buys from Levi?

4. When Dumire leads a search for Soren Sorenson, what does he learn?

5. What does Mervin jokingly ask for for his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Dumire complete his investigation of Soren Sorenson's death?

2. What bothers Phillip about his father dying?

3. What happens of Soren Sorenson's body?

4. In Chapter 12, how does Charlotte interfere with Skimmerhorn's career?

5. What happens when farmers buy tracts of land from Levi?

6. What happens when sheep appear on the ranch in Chapter 10?

7. How is Levi's death revealed in Chapter 11?

8. Why does Alex Dumire come to Centennial?

9. Why does Hans Brumbaugh decide to start a farm in Chapter 9?

10. Why doesn't Finlay Perkin turn Seccumbe in?

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