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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Pasquinel believe Clay Basket refuses to tell him?

2. When Lame Beaver goes to steal horses from another tribe, how many people go with him?

3. How does Oliver Seccumbe plan to get a large piece of land?

4. According to Chapter 3, who were among the first inhabitants of Centennial?

5. In Chapter 4, who does Lame Beaver kill with his stolen bullets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Levi decide to turn around and go back east?

2. How is Jacques described in Chapter 5?

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

4. What happens after Larkin finds gold?

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

6. What happens after Pasquinel dies?

7. Why are the white men and Native Americans going to meet in 1851?

8. What happens when Lame Beaver steals horses from an opposing tribe?

9. What does Levi do when he finds a group of emigrants heading back east?

10. According to the narrator, what happened to the rattlesnake when man encountered it in the American west?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the theme of science and scientific development in "Centennial." What role does science play in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the roles of Native Americans to the roles of white people in "Centennial." What is revealed through these roles?

Essay Topic 3

What role do women in play in this novel? How do they help to develop the plot?

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