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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dan kill the farmers?
(a) He hates immigrants.
(b) He says he hates sodbusters.
(c) They owe him money.
(d) They killed his brother.

2. Why does Call go into Denver?
(a) He wants to visit another Ranger.
(b) He remembers he has not contacted Wilbarger's brother.
(c) He has run out of supplies.
(d) He needs a new horse.

3. When Newt is finally able to see again, what does he find?
(a) Call and Gus are fighting Indians.
(b) The river is so flooded, that they will not be able to cross for days.
(c) He is alone with some cattle, the main herd nowhere in sight.
(d) There is no water for miles.

4. What did July forget in Ogallala?
(a) His new clothes
(b) Elmira
(c) The mail
(d) Supplies for Clara

5. What does Dan Suggs want from Wilbarger?
(a) Wilbarger's small herd of fresh horses
(b) Revenge for treatment from when Dan worked for WIlbarger
(c) Wilbarger's life
(d) All of the above

6. What do the boys do differently to cross the Canadian?
(a) Ride naked to keep their clothes dry
(b) Pack mud all over their skin to deter the snakes
(c) Switch positions so the most experienced hands are at the rear
(d) Make floatation devices to float across the river

7. What does Cholo call Dee to let Clara know who he is?
(a) Jugador
(b) Pistolero
(c) Un Crimen
(d) Vaquero

8. What does Gus tell July to do?
(a) Go to Ogallala
(b) Go back to Fort Smith
(c) Kill Blue Duck
(d) Go find his wife

9. Who is left behind when Call's gunshot scares everyone else away?
(a) An old woman
(b) A young warrior
(c) A young blind boy
(d) A young paralyzed girl

10. What does Gus wake to find?
(a) The doctor refusing to amputate
(b) Both legs have gangrene
(c) Both of his legs gone
(d) One of his legs gone

11. Where does July live?
(a) In Ogallala
(b) In a tent
(c) Next to the saddle shed
(d) In Clara's house

12. Who's horse's track does Deets tell Call about?
(a) Blue Duck
(b) July
(c) Jake
(d) Wilbarger

13. Where does Clara want Call to bury Gus?
(a) Next to her boys
(b) In Ogallala
(c) In Clara's orchard
(d) Where they had the picnic the last time she saw Gus

14. What does Gus do when they reach Ogallala?
(a) Goes to Clara's without Lorena
(b) Goes to the dry goods store and buy new clothes for himself and Lorena
(c) Help Call buy provisions
(d) Visit the prostitutes in Ogallala

15. Who turns out to be the thief?
(a) A starving group of Indians
(b) A Montana outlaw
(c) A rouge bunch of Indians
(d) A man and a boy

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Deets?

2. Who helps ease Newt's mind about Jake?

3. What does Clara do to help July make up his mind?

4. What happens to Elmira the night she stays with Clara?

5. Why did the Indians steal the horses ?

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