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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louisa get Roscoe to do when he stops to ask if she has seen July?
(a) Catch a rabbit for dinner
(b) Get married
(c) Remove stumps from her farmland
(d) Stay for a few days

2. What does Jake insist on if they are going to travel with the herd?
(a) They must stop in San Antonio for gambling.
(b) She cannot offer her services to the cowboys.
(c) She must help cook the meals along the way.
(d) They must make their own camp instead of camping with the cowboys.

3. Call's hiring spree has brought the Dry Bean more business than ever. However, what do Lippy and Xavier realize will happen?
(a) The railroad will come next.
(b) When the crew leaves for Montana, Lonesome Dove will become a ghost town.
(c) One "out of business" sporting woman is not enough for the cowboys.
(d) They will not have enough liquor for everyone without a trip to San Antonio.

4. What was the name of Call's horse?
(a) Maggie
(b) Mouse
(c) Bolivar
(d) Hell Bitch

5. Who returned during breakfast?
(a) Dish Bogget and Lippy
(b) July Johnson and Roscoe
(c) Pea Eye and Newt
(d) Deets and Jake Spoon

6. What did Gus give Dish outside the saloon?
(a) A horse
(b) A deck of cards
(c) Two dollars
(d) A job

7. Where does Elmira reluctantly agree to go with two of the whiskey traders?
(a) St. Louis
(b) Fort Smith
(c) Fort Worth
(d) Ogallala

8. What has Elmira told the townspeople about her former husband?
(a) He went North.
(b) He died of smallpox.
(c) She was never married.
(d) He was killed by Indians.

9. Gus's sign told customers "We don't _______"?
(a) Rent pigs
(b) Steal horses
(c) Sell horses
(d) Rent Cattle

10. What does Gus realize when Jake comes into the camp?
(a) That Blue Duck stole Lorena
(b) That Blue Duck killed Lorena
(c) That Jake has killed someone else
(d) That Jake lost all his money gambling

11. Who is Lorena sitting with at the Dry Bean when Dish arrives?
(a) Gus and Deets
(b) Jasper and Xavier
(c) Newt and Pea Eye
(d) Lippy and Jake

12. What does Roscoe suggest has happened to Elmira?
(a) She was taken by buffalo hunters.
(b) She left on a whiskey boat.
(c) She was taken by a bear.
(d) She followed July.

13. What does Gus warn Lorena that Jake will do?
(a) Use the cattle drive to Montana as an excuse to leave her
(b) Go to San Antonio for gambling
(c) Sell her to the Indians
(d) Offer to take her on the cattle drive instead of going to San Francisco

14. What river do Lorena and Jake reach before the herd?
(a) Yellowstone River
(b) Nueces River
(c) Mississippi River
(d) Red River

15. What does Xavier NOT offer Lorena to be with her and convince her not to go with Jake?
(a) To take her to Galveston, take a boat to California, and buy a restaurant
(b) To marry her
(c) All of the money in his pockets, nearly one hundred dollars
(d) To tell Gus

Short Answer Questions

1. Knowing that Gus is right and Jake will not take Lorena to San Francisco, where does Jake plan to take her instead?

2. Who rides up while Gus is bathing in the river in Lorena and Jake's camp?

3. What did Call give Newt in honor of his first trip to Mexico to round up livestock?

4. The morning after the storm, who is missing?

5. What was the name of the livestock business?

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