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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 does Alex Dumire offer the Wendells?

2. Where does Jim find Clemma in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 10, why do ranchers fight Potato Brumbaugh?

4. Who does Dumire request to meet with as he is dying?

5. Who does Seccumbe confide in about his poor bookkeeping skills in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Phillip about his father dying?

2. Why does Jim plan to kill the Pettis boys?

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

4. What happens to Charlotte when she visits England in Chapter 10?

5. How does Mervin try to tease Phillip in Chapter 12?

6. What happens when Buckford brings his daughter to Colorado for the first time?

7. What is the appeal behind dry farming?

8. Why does Alex Dumire come to Centennial?

9. What happens to Jim after he asks Clemma to marry him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the fulfillment of race roles in this novel. Consider the lives of the characters who are half Native American.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the decline of agriculture as it is depicted in this novel.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast at least three characters from this novel. Consider their motivations, their means of reaching goals and their outcomes.

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