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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Suggs brothers gang doing when Call and Gus find them?
(a) Killing another man
(b) Running to Dodge City
(c) Stealing more horses
(d) Drinking whiskey

2. Who decides not to visit the prostitutes after all?
(a) Newt
(b) Jimmy
(c) Ben
(d) Pete

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

4. What does Gus tell Newt while Call carves the sign for Deets?
(a) That he wished he never left Lonesome Dove
(b) That Call is Newt's father
(c) That Call is stubborn
(d) That he is Newt's father

5. What is missing in Lonesome Dove when Call returns?
(a) The mercantile store
(b) The Hat Creek Cattle Company ranch
(c) The Dry Bean
(d) The Raineys

6. Who arrives at Clara's ranch first?
(a) Martin
(b) Gus
(c) July Johnson
(d) Elmira, Big Zwey, and Luke

7. What does Clara do to help July make up his mind?
(a) She drops Martin in his lap.
(b) She yells at him.
(c) She writes a letter.
(d) She sings to him.

8. How far does Call travel to find water in Wyoming?
(a) Eighty miles
(b) One hundred miles
(c) Fifteen miles
(d) Twenty miles

9. Who helps ease Newt's mind about Jake?
(a) Deets
(b) Dish
(c) Call
(d) Gus

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

11. What does Clara do when she sees Gus?
(a) She cries that she did not marry him.
(b) She kisses him on the mouth.
(c) She slaps him and tells him to leave.
(d) She yells at him.

12. What does Gus try to get out of his leg?
(a) An arrow
(b) A bullet
(c) A knife
(d) A porcupine quill

13. What treat does Po Campo make the men after they return from town?
(a) Fried grasshoppers
(b) Plover eggs
(c) Sourdough biscuits
(d) Dewberry cobbler

14. What does Jake hope the Suggs brothers gang will do?
(a) Stop in Kansas to gamble awhile
(b) Rob a bank to get enough money to go to the Caribbean
(c) Shoot him and put him out of his misery
(d) Leave him behind because he is too drunk

15. What does Pea Eye lose when he escapes in the night?
(a) His boots
(b) His pants
(c) His rifle
(d) All of the above

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Call and Gus NOT bury?

2. What does Call tell Newt before he leaves to take Gus's body back to Texas?

3. Clara says July is as useful as ______________.

4. What does Lorena decide?

5. What happened to Po Campo's sons?

(see the answer keys)

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